Practical Homeschooling 2001 Reader Awards Not only will the children enjoy their “journey” through languageland, but those of you who are homeschooling your children will enjoy it, too.
Shurley english irregular verbs level 6 series#
Realizing that many who are teaching language skills to their children are parents who themselves have had bad experiences with Language Arts, I have designed a Homeschool series that engages children physically as well as mentally. Teaching Language Arts need not be as foreboding a task as one might think. With many parents now assuming the responsibility for educating their children at home, I have long recognized the need for providing assistance to parents who have undertaken this awesome responsibility. I grew more excited as I realized Shurley English could open unlimited learning potential for every student. My students developed a tremendous sense of security and self-confidence in their ability to use language, which carried over into other areas of their lives. I watched students in my classroom succeed in English and believe in themselves again. Over the years, I have perfected and expanded Shurley English. I wanted my English program to reach children with different learning abilities, to instill a love of learning, and to give students a solid skills foundation from which to build advanced writing and speaking skills. Therefore, in 1971, I decided to develop my own. I looked for an English program that would meet the needs of my students but was unable to find one.
They did not like it because they did not understand it! I knew there had to be a better way to teach language skills so that students could master and apply these skills across the curriculum. The result was that most of my students did not like English.
The skills they were expected to learn and apply in their daily assignments were taught in isolation. Homeschool Author - Brenda Shurley After teaching eighth-grade English for one year, I saw that my students could neither remember nor apply many of the basic Language Arts concepts they should have already mastered.