We Love Language...

…but we HATE grammar, right? Well maybe some do. I have a love/hate relationship with grammar. I enjoy using correct grammar, correcting other’s grammar, and hearing grammar used correctly. However, I am not good at identifying correct terms for our elementary (and up through high school) students that struggle with English. So I some research a while back and found this awesome website: http://freelanguagestuff.com/

These are the categories that each contains a plethora of worksheets, tips, activities, and visual aids for our struggling students (and adults!). Today I printed about a dozen worksheets from the “PRONOUN” section. I have one preschool student in particular who gets stuck on “her said” and “his said” frequently. I used these worksheets with her (used sheet protectors in a nice tidy workbook I made) and had her use a dry erase marker to circle the correct answers.

She loved it!

They also have a whole page dedicated to “MINIMAL PAIRS LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES”. The page includes contrast cards (great colorful pictures) as a PDF or a word document (so you can edit it as needed) which address everything from antonyms to pronouns to multiple meaning words.

Prepositions - Contrast - Pairs

Go and see for yourself!  http://freelanguagestuff.com/

You Learn Something New Every Day!

I enjoy having my young preschool students exposed to as many different books and literary adventures as possible. However, sometimes I wish I could send a library home with those that I know have hardly any literature at home much less children's books. In light of that struggle, it's been brought to my attention that there is a well established company, created by Dolly Parton, called Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, which, in fact, does send home a library to those in need!

This fantastic program is available to any family or community in need.  Parents are able to request a book be sent monthly to their home absolutely free. You can also replicate a program in your community and have the book(s) sent to multiple children. This is a fantastic program that helps to support our struggling families and communities with the basic children right of having books in the home. 

Check it out in your spare time and register your child, a student of yours, or create your own program for your community!

 

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