moving overseas - suggest homeschooling resources to keep English at grade level please

[Anonymous]

Hello

our family is moving overseas and our kids will be going to the local schools, in local language (currently they go to regular school here). I was told by expats there to look into homeschooling resources to keep their English at grade level, I would work with them over the weekends or whenever we can.

Can you could please recommend books to buy and take with us, and/or online resources that would be great. I want to focus specifically on English as a language since they willb e getting the other academics like math, science etc in school

Kids are rising 7th grader, and rising 4th and 1st graders

Thank you so much!

[Anonymous]

Honestly, for the older ones, I'd concentrate on bringing pleasure reading books they can enjoy. They are going to have s difficult time reading for pleasure in the new language. The first grader is trickier and depends on how well your child is reading in Enlish before leaving.

[Anonymous]

Calvert curriculum.

[Anonymous]

No Red Ink for on-line.

Daily Grams are workbooks we have used that are quick and easy; they would just do one page a day after school.

I think that's great OP that you're doing this. I know so many people who grew up speaking another language at home who can't read/write in that language, so kids definitely could lose those skills if you don't keep them up.

[Anonymous]

One completely free resource for your younger kids, if you don't mind working on computers or printing things out, is the Core Knowledge Language Arts program: http://www.coreknowledge.org/ckla

This could help keep up their English vocab for science and other subjects, too.

[Anonymous]

Thank you everyone who took time to respond. I am just now back online after a few days so will look the resources up!

[Anonymous]

I recommend reading, reading, reading. Then for grammar, I like Loyola Press's Exercises in English since it is very thorough and succinct:

http://www.rainbowresource.com/searchspring.php?q=loyola+press#/?_=1&page=1&filter.category_name=English%2FWriting%3E%3EGRAMMAR%20SKILLS%20(GRAMMAR%2FUSAGE%2FMECHANICS)

Then there is Royal FireWorks Press, Michael Clay Thompson's books which are a pleasure and cover grammar, vocabulary, and writing:

http://www.rfwp.com/pages/michael-clay-thompson/

A good alternative for vocab is Sadlier Oxford's Vocabulary Workshop:

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/