Out of the Holding Tank: A Balanced Program of Language Arts for Homeschooling Middle School Students
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (576 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0984831339 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 198 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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. From the Author Back when I started homeschooling, I wanted to make sure my kids weren't falling behind, so I made sure to get all the workbooks that promised to help them keep up. Only my daughters hated doing the exercises, and when I looked at them more closely, I realized that some of the instruction of them was either unhelpful or just plain wrong. Happily, a few of the books I found were exceptional, and in time, I began to combine the practices that seemed best to me. The result was kind of like those old Reece's Peanut Butter Cup commercials where someone trips and accidentally dunked a chocolate bar in peanut butter
"Great independent Language Arts program with a balance of high standards" according to Tomas. I really like this program. I'm amazed it hasn't received any other reviews. Ms. Luchsinger's other books perhaps have reviews, but this one is definitely worth trying out.This takes a nice balance between the thorough language training (mastery) of classical education based prog. "Excellent resource for creating middle school language arts course" according to Karin Owens. I purchased and read this book after greatly enjoying her book, "The Reader's Odyssey" which is about creating an individualized literature course for high school students. I saw the applicable benefit to students choosing their own literature material (from a large selection of
Out of the Holding Tank takes a different approach:it addresses the accuracy aspect of all four language arts with a unique process that combines dictation and grammatical analysis of excerpts from the books students enjoy reading. It also encourages fluency by giving students as much freedom as possible to choose their own reading and writing projects from parent-approved options in fulfillment of a minimum set of course requirements. Finally, this program helps parents facilitate success by designing options for students that appeal to their particular learning preferences, styles, and aptitudes. The goals of this program are simple: that every student develop an affinity fo