Introduction to the Language Arts Department Introduction to the Language Arts Department Welcome to the Homeschool Language Arts Department. Pile onto the sofa with a warm afghan and a glass of milk. Everyone in this department is reading a good book, or maybe even writing one.
Language arts includes reading, writing, spelling, handwriting and grammar.
The reading and writing, after the basics are taught, can usually be combined with other subjects to save time. A history class on the Revolutionary War might use Johnny Tremain for reading and include a report on why the loyalists stayed loyal to England. The point is to show that reading and writing are the tools that make all other learning possible, and this is the most important department in the whole school. If you can't read, your ability to learn is severely limited. That is covered in my article on raising readers.