Strong Start in Language: Grades K-3

The Three R's

by Ruth Beechick

A Strong Start in Language booklet tells how your child can learn written language almost as easily as he learned oral language, using the strong natural method.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

28 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 1986

About the author

Dr. Ruth Beechick spent a lifetime teaching and studying how people learn. She taught in Washington state, Alaska, Arizona and in several colleges and seminaries in other states. She also spent thirteen years at a publishing company writing curriculum for churches. In "retirement" she wrote for the homeschool movement. Her degrees are A.B. from Seattle Pacific University, M.A.Ed. and Ed.D. from Arizona State University.

Reviews

[Jacqueline · Rating 4 out of 5]

A reasonable, natural way of guiding your child through the early (and later) years of language study - spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. I love her emphasis on children reading and writing (from dictation) passages of well-written, age-appropriate literature. It seems a much more natural way to become a writer than trying to dredge up creativity from scratch in the second grade - "What I Did This Summer" -- before one even has all the tools and foundation necessary for good writing.
(Of course creativity should be encouraged when it pops up, just not forced early on. I like her comparison -- writing music is not something fledgling musicians are expected to do. They just play through the great works and learn from the masters as they get a handle on the basics.)

[Kristine Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a 28 page, clear philosophy of how to introduce children to written language without purchased curriculum. She begins by having the child copy a letter and moves through many steps to eventually making notes/outlining a very well written passage, then a few days later, writing the passage from the notes and comparing the results.

[Taren Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the quick example of learning activities in this book

[M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Every homeschooling family should have one.
I have the 2000 print.