I loved these courses more than any I have ever seen or taught in Language Arts! Over the years of teaching special needs and mainstream children, I have tried many. Becky Joie -Reviewer/Teacher
Write with the Best has transformed our homeschooling experience. It’s a program that uses classic literature to enhance children’s writing skills. The structured units, daily objectives, and assignments have made learning an engaging and enjoyable process. The change in our attitudes towards writing has been remarkable.
- Meader, Family of Five - Crewmember of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
I can't say enough good things about this fantastic book. If you have multiple children in grades 3-12, you can use Write with the Best with all of them!
- Lisa C. - Crewmember of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
Roots and Fruits teaches vocabulary based on Greek and Latin roots, but it is unusual because it was designed for teaching children of all ages from kindergarten through high school and because it incorporates teaching methods for various learning styles...You can use Roots and Fruits over a number of years, keeping note cards from previous years so students can continually review words they’ve already learned. The fact that you can use Roots and Fruits with all of your children without having to buy workbooks or other resources each year makes this a very affordable resource.
Cathy Duffy Reviews
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Jill Dixon devised Roots and Fruits to help "increase the vocabulary, reading, and spelling skills of our students in just 15 minutes per day." (Roots and Fruits, p. 5) When I read this, I had my doubts… not about increasing my children's vocabulary skills. I questioned the 15 minute part. My children never want to do vocabulary exercises or write sentences, and it always takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r to complete them.
My boys loved it all! On Sunday nights, after the boys were in bed, I created a chart for two roots and their matching vocabulary words. I taped them to our supply cabinet in the classroom. Every Monday morning, they went directly to the classroom to see the new chart. I'm not exaggerating when I say it was like the Christmas morning dash to the tree.
We loved, loved, loved the games, too! Fourteen different game ideas are included, and we played 10 of them. They were simple to implement (not a lot of prep time needed), effective, and fun. Oh, and it really did take about 15 minutes per day to complete each assignment. The lessons are chunked into short tasks. A little each day is all it takes to accomplish a lot in the course of a week.
I give this curriculum two thumbs up and will continue to teach from it, probably for years to come,
Dawn @ Olive Plants – Crewmember of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
