Curriculum Picks, 21-22: Language Arts

Hey Loves!

You guessed it- it is time to share our curriculum picks for the 2021-2022 homeschool year. You should know none of the creators, publishers or authors have paid me or given me free product to share this with you. I, like you, spend way too much time on Youtube and Instagram doing research and crossing my fingers as I purchase. Let’s kick off this series with Language Arts.

Last was our first year using All About Reading (you can read about it here and here) and it was so good, the next levels for both boys was the first purchase I made. Both boys’ literacy skills and their enjoyment and desire to read skyrocketed with this curriculum. Not to mention, they offer tons of free games and resources via their website. We are all looking forward to the great things ahead!

Both boys will also be using Spelling You See  this year by Demme Learning. We introduced it with James during the 20-21 school year and the method has really proven to work-not just to improve spelling fluency but also helped James meet other goals like increased confidence, handwriting and working independently. I’m excited to use both levels in tandem with the boys now that I have a solid rhythm with James.

For grammar, we were thoroughly pleased with Growing with Grammar. I honestly don’t have any complaints which may sound odd given that we will not be using it next year. Again, I have no malice at all with Growing with Grammar but I feel James needs a tiny push in this area, hence us switching to Easy Grammar. I went back and forth and after speaking with my husband, we both agreed level 3 would be the push he needs and aid in his writing skills.

We will bring back our Dash Into Learning books for Jude to practice reading fluency.

There is no shocker here when I tell you we are using Learning Without Tears for handwriting. It is all we have ever used and I have not anything comparable. James will continue with manuscript but will also begin Kickoff to Cursive will Jude will begin lowercase manuscript.

And that’s Language Arts! Any questions? I may answer them in this video or via IG.