Curriculum

Using the chart below, you can match your child's age (or previous experience with our material) with our recommended books to design your child's language arts curriculum.  You can then click on any of the book titles to find out more about that publication and even download a sample.

The reading curriculum includes one book for all levels, Reading Strands, and the speech curriculum includes one book for all ages between 11 and 18, Communication and Interpersonal Relationships (referred to below as Communication). After Writing Strands 1, the Writing Strands curriculum includes Evaluating Writing (referred to below as EW).

Child's Age	Reading	Speech	Writing Strands	Comments on Writing Strands
3 - 7	Reading Strands	none	Writing Strands 1	Oral exercises to develop creativity
~ 7	Reading Strands	none	Writing Strands 2 + EW	Basic skills for children who can write simple sentences
8 - 12	Reading Strands	Communication (11 and older)	Writing Strands 3 + EW	Older children should write more sophisticated papers than younger children. They should also finish in shorter time, but will pick up basic skills they may have missed.
13 - 14 *	Reading Strands	Communication	Writing Strands 4 + EW	Thought problems, Tense, Sentence control, Attitude in descriptions, Narrative voice, Coherent paragraphs.
15 - 16 *	Reading Strands	Communication	Writing Strands 5 + EW	Narrative voice attitude, Arguments, Write for action, Dialogue, Tense control, Organizing description, Business letters, Flashbacks, Controlling reader response
17 *	Reading Strands	Communication	Writing Strands 6 + EW	Character development, Conflict, Reports, Surveys, Interviewing, Decision making, Letters, Point of view
18 *	Reading Strands	Communication	Writing Strands 7 + EW	Same skills as in Writing Strands 6 but more complex assignments
Any age after completing Writing Strands 7	Reading Strands	Communication	Creating Fiction + EW	Very complex assignments for students who enjoy writing
Any age after completing Writing Strands 7	Reading Strands	Communication	Writing Exposition + EW	Very complex assignments for students preparing for college-level writing