What a treasure! I'm beginning a writing adventure with my 12-year-old daughter this summer, and am finding these older posts of yours to be a great catalyst for planning.
Joseph, I'm so happy you discovered these resources :) There are six lists overall, each with practice, flashcards, and quiz. And in case you have not seen this post, it includes "217 classic words" with practice as well as the complete classic learner's guide to A Christmas Carol which includes additonal vocabulary study https://schooloftheunconformed.substack.com/p/for-the-love-of-language-unlocking. A couple of years ago I organize a "young writers against the Machine" contest and published the short stories of the winners here https://schooloftheunconformed.substack.com/p/and-the-winners-are. Have a wonderful writing adventure!
Thank you for pointing me to these. I will be printing out some of these resources, and sharing them with my daughter in the woods up the hill from us, where our journey will begin. I think the Greek/Latin stems will be a good anchor for our work. Do you ever think of organizing another contest for young story-tellers?
So lovely to hear that you'll be sharing this with her "in the woods up the hill" :) I would very gladly organize another contest but it takes a tremendous amount of work and time. As we are just about to embark on the Camino pilgrimage my energies are directed there. I will give it some thought throughout the summer and will be sure to let you know if I am able to organize another contest. Thanks for asking :)
If you need assistance in organizing, let me know. For now, I'm going to see about sharing your "young writers against the machine" contest with some homeschooling friends around here, and maybe do a little gathering and reading later in the summer. May your pilgrimage bear much fruit and seeds.
This Greek and Latin stem work is so valuable. We're onto Lesson 3 tomorrow, and my daughter is really engaged in learning them. I got kind of lost in all the grammar when studying Latin in high school, and I think she is going to gain more riches from this stem work than I found those four years. Thank you! Such a dynamic, simple approach.
May I ask, at what age did you start stem study? I'm currently homeschooling my six-year-old. I'm assuming she is too young at the moment, but wondering what would be a good age to begin? Many thanks!
Good question Melissa :) You can certainly already start introducing stems to your daughter, but I would not go about it with worksheets. The easiest stems to start with are re, de, sub, super, and ex. They are easily acted out when connected to words. For example, reread, recall, recognize, descend, subway, superman, exit are words that are exemplify the meaning of the stems well. We would act out lots of 're' words (return, reread, regain, restate, repeat etc.) and that would help them discover the stem in words that they were hearing or reading. Michael Clay Thompson has a wonderful way of introducing younger children to stems in "Building Language"https://www.rfwp.com/bookstore/building-language/, using brief stories that integrate stems and their meanings. He suggests starting around grade 3, although nothing prevents you from introducing them a bit earlier. Hope that helps:)
What a treasure! I'm beginning a writing adventure with my 12-year-old daughter this summer, and am finding these older posts of yours to be a great catalyst for planning.
Joseph, I'm so happy you discovered these resources :) There are six lists overall, each with practice, flashcards, and quiz. And in case you have not seen this post, it includes "217 classic words" with practice as well as the complete classic learner's guide to A Christmas Carol which includes additonal vocabulary study https://schooloftheunconformed.substack.com/p/for-the-love-of-language-unlocking. A couple of years ago I organize a "young writers against the Machine" contest and published the short stories of the winners here https://schooloftheunconformed.substack.com/p/and-the-winners-are. Have a wonderful writing adventure!
Thank you for pointing me to these. I will be printing out some of these resources, and sharing them with my daughter in the woods up the hill from us, where our journey will begin. I think the Greek/Latin stems will be a good anchor for our work. Do you ever think of organizing another contest for young story-tellers?
So lovely to hear that you'll be sharing this with her "in the woods up the hill" :) I would very gladly organize another contest but it takes a tremendous amount of work and time. As we are just about to embark on the Camino pilgrimage my energies are directed there. I will give it some thought throughout the summer and will be sure to let you know if I am able to organize another contest. Thanks for asking :)
If you need assistance in organizing, let me know. For now, I'm going to see about sharing your "young writers against the machine" contest with some homeschooling friends around here, and maybe do a little gathering and reading later in the summer. May your pilgrimage bear much fruit and seeds.
This Greek and Latin stem work is so valuable. We're onto Lesson 3 tomorrow, and my daughter is really engaged in learning them. I got kind of lost in all the grammar when studying Latin in high school, and I think she is going to gain more riches from this stem work than I found those four years. Thank you! Such a dynamic, simple approach.
May I ask, at what age did you start stem study? I'm currently homeschooling my six-year-old. I'm assuming she is too young at the moment, but wondering what would be a good age to begin? Many thanks!
Good question Melissa :) You can certainly already start introducing stems to your daughter, but I would not go about it with worksheets. The easiest stems to start with are re, de, sub, super, and ex. They are easily acted out when connected to words. For example, reread, recall, recognize, descend, subway, superman, exit are words that are exemplify the meaning of the stems well. We would act out lots of 're' words (return, reread, regain, restate, repeat etc.) and that would help them discover the stem in words that they were hearing or reading. Michael Clay Thompson has a wonderful way of introducing younger children to stems in "Building Language"https://www.rfwp.com/bookstore/building-language/, using brief stories that integrate stems and their meanings. He suggests starting around grade 3, although nothing prevents you from introducing them a bit earlier. Hope that helps:)
This is really helpful -- thank you!