We believe in learning the ESSENTIALS of words, numbers, and sentences.
Ages 9 through 12
Essentials is a bridge between the grammar and dialectic arts that prepares students for the middle and high-school Challenge programs. Built around the support and accountability that can only come from a local community, this power-packed, Christian-based homeschool program guides parents of children ages nine to twelve through the foundational principles of language structure and analysis, the structure and style of writing, and arithmetic speed and accuracy.
The Essentials Program
Lead Your Child to a World of Possibilities
Equip Your Children with the Essentials
Items students learn in the program:
How to properly capitalize and punctuate words and sentences
What the eight parts of speech are and how to use them properly
How to recognize and create 112 sentence patterns
How to diagram sentences
How to analyze sentences by purpose, structure, patterns, and speech parts
How to write with structure and style through Institute for Excellence in Writing
How to write an outline, narrative, expository, and essay
Math drills, increasing speed in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, roots, and exponents, in preparation for higher math
Children will succeed if they are taught the essentials of language, writing, and arithmetic.
Learning Beyond a Worksheet
Parents and their students meet once a week with a Tutor for the two-hour Essentials program after Foundations. It is in the support of this community environment, parents are equipped and trained by observing the Tutor and learning alongside their child. Tutors, trained in the program’s materials, facilitate community time by modeling the exercises that parents will do with their students at home. Student and parent participation are critical components of this unique partnership!