Language Arts

Collage of 4 images for Around the World in 80 days book study. Map, card game, Japanese gate, and book cover.

Around the World in 80 Days Activities Tweens Will Enjoy

Tween boy frustrated with writing. Text overlay reads Helping a child with dysgraphia.

How to Help a Child with Dysgraphia at Home

Teen girl holding a pencil writing in a lined notebook on a glass desk. The corner of a laptop is on her left and an external screen is in the top left of the picture, on with text on the screen.

This Online Writing Class Quickly Improved My Teen’s Confidence

Board games stacked on two shelves in a closet. Below the image is an orange rectangle with text that reads Board Games for Tweens & Teens.

Board Games for Teenagers

Improve Creative Writing Skills with StoryBuilders

Excellent Fiction Books for Middle Schoolers That Will Make You Nostalgic

Excellent Fiction Books for Middle Schoolers That Will Make You Nostalgic

Middle School Mystery Books That Will Keep Tweens Guessing

Middle School Mystery Books That Will Keep Tweens Guessing

5 Books that Inspired Walt Disney Movies

Books that Inspired Some Famous Disney Movies

We have a fondness for great literature, so we gathered a number of wonderful resources here in our Ultimate Guide to Middle School Literature. Wide variety of reading genres, perfect for teens. Homeschool book club ideas and activities too. Get tweens and teens talking about books and world views. Classic books, fantasy, adventure, biographies, personal growth, etc.

The Ultimate Guide to Middle School Literature

Books Written by Living Authors That Preteens/ Teens Will Want to Read. I try to give my kids a wide variety of reading material throughout the year and I always include books by contemporary authors. If your middle schooler doesn’t normally read contemporary novels, have them give one of these a try.

Awesome Middle School Fiction Books That Will Delight Tweens

Challenge Middle Schoolers with these 5 Excellent Classics For our second month of our 2016 Reading Adventure, I’ve decided to focus on the classics. I began introducing classic books into our home school when they were in elementary school. Now my tween and teen have a real appreciation for them.

Classic Books for Middle School that will Challenge Tweens

My teen struggles with writing. Not just “writers block” or trouble figuring what to write about. He has a hard time with the physical act of writing and getting his thoughts on paper. My son has dysgraphia, a learning disability that affects writing. But middle and high school require a lot of writing, so I've had to get creative to help him. Here is what I've been doing to teach my teen with dysgraphia writing. #dysgraphia #educationpossible #homeschooling #teens #specialneeds

How I Teach Writing to My Teen With Dysgraphia