Timeless Tips from Mentors of the Past
Timeless tips. They sound pretty durable, anyway. The kind of thing your mother or grandmother would pass on to you, as you sit on the porch some lazy afternoon, with…
Read moreHow to Teach Composition through Classic Stories
How to teach composition in an interesting, motivating, and effective way can look like an overwhelming task. For some strange reason, students can be remarkably unenthusiastic about writing assignments. Even…
Read moreGood Books Are Good!
Good books are good. Fairly self-evident, isn’t it? “That was a good snack,” your daughter says, as she tosses a junk-food wrapper into the trash. “This is a good deal,”…
Read moreJohn in Search of a Place: A FREE Short Story from SAW Publishing
Are you committed to serving the Lord, even when the cost is high? Are you willing to follow Him, even when it interferes with your earthly prosperity? “I have been…
Read moreDo You Want to Keep Hymns?
Do you want to keep hymns? How much do you want to keep hymns? Exactly what is involved in keeping hymns in your life? The 21st Century Western world has…
Read moreWord Clusters: How to Help Children Develop Vocabulary
Timeless Tips from Educators of the Past is a companion series to our Timeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past—highlighting useful and thought provoking advice from the generations of educators who…
Read moreYour Kids and Your Books: Do They Match?
Your Kids and Your Books. Did I mean Your Kids and Their Books? That would be a valuable topic as well—a topic I’ve covered before, and will probably cover again.…
Read moreMy Reading Goals in Retrospect
My reading goals in retrospect. Do you like to hear the end of a story? I don’t mean a storybook story—I take it for granted, if the story is well-written,…
Read moreNellie’s Christmas Letter: A FREE Christmas Story
What would you do if you opened a long-awaited envelope to discover nothing but a blank sheet of paper? Nellie’s Christmas Letter by Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott hinges on just…
Read moreDon’t Waste the Holidays: Reading Aloud to Your Children
Are you planning on reading aloud to your children over the Christmas holidays? Holidays are a break from regular school, but do they have to be a break from education?…
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