Description
Ditch the dry workbooks and rediscover the joy of learning together with this comprehensive guide designed for homeschool families. DIY Language Arts shows you how to build a complete, meaningful language-arts program using the books you already read and enjoy.
Inside this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn how to:
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Choose high-quality books and passages that spark natural learning
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Teach spelling, vocabulary, and grammar through real literature
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Guide narration and meaningful discussion with confidence
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Incorporate copy work, dictation, and written narration
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Identify literary devices in context
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Build a weekly rhythm that feels peaceful and doable
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Adapt lessons for multiple ages and learning levels
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Use reading to nurture a lifelong love of literature and language
This method is simple, customizable, and deeply effective—rooted in real reading, natural learning, and connection. Whether you’re new to homeschooling or ready to break free from traditional curriculum, this guide gives you the clarity and confidence to teach language arts in a way that actually fits your family.
Perfect for:
Homeschool parents, families craving more freedom and less overwhelm, and anyone who wants language arts to feel meaningful again.
Why This Guide Is Different
The DIY Language Arts Guide is not a collection of worksheets or scripted lessons.
It’s a flexible approach to teaching language arts through real books — one you can use across multiple ages and return to year after year.
Rather than telling you exactly what to assign, this guide helps you learn how to:
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identify meaningful language passages
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support reading, writing, grammar, and comprehension naturally
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simplify language arts without lowering expectations
Many families invest time and money trying to find a curriculum that finally clicks. This guide was created to offer a steady, long-term approach you can rely on for years.
Your download will also include:Â
- A complete DIY Language Arts Novel Guide for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to demonstrate tried-and-true patterns of this method as well as guide you through implementing this type of study into your homeschool
- A complete DIY Language Arts Picture Book Study for Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry Pinkney to allow you to see the ease and simplicity of using any picture book to apply this method
- The DIY Language Arts editable planning template to help you seamlessly plan your weeks using this process.
Please read before purchasing:
© 2025 Jaimie Thomas, Simply Learning Together. All rights reserved. No part of this guide may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise—without prior written permission from the author.
All sales are final due to the digital format of this product.
Rachel Rigby –
If I could give it more stars I would!!!!! DIY Language Arts has been such an incredible addition to our homeschool. I love how this guide gives me the freedom to choose any book we’re reading or that my kids are interested in, into a complete, meaningful language arts lesson. It includes all the components I want-copy work, narrations, grammar, spelling, comprehension, and literary devices-and seamlessly blends them into each lesson. Everything is clearly explained, easy to implement, and flexible with multiple ages. My kids stay engages because learning is directly connected to the stories we enjoy. Implementing the things in this guide has made our LA time more intentional, effective, and a lot more fun. Highly recommend for any family looking for a simple, customizable, and truly rich approach to language arts. Say goodbye to boring worksheets and hello to a new way of learning! Thank you Jaimie, for pouring your heart into this so that other families can be so blessed!
Christin Van Sickle –
This guide is, to quote Matthew Perry in Fools Rush In, everything I never knew I always wanted. When I first started homeschooling I tried to use the fun literature based curriculum with all the beautiful picture books to no avail. I had all this beautiful material but had no clue what to do with it. I resigned myself to thinking we were an open and go workbook curriculum family and that was that.
Enter the DIY Language Arts Guide. I purchased, downloaded, printed, and read the entire thing tonight after my girls went to bed and I’m giddy with excitement and cannot wait to begin planning our next school year! I love that it outlines the step by step process for creating your own unique Language Arts program without being overwhelming in the least. It is gentle and informative and inspiring. I am adding my Kindergartner to our homeschool party next school year and I was mildly terrified by the thought of attempting to fit everything for both girls into one day when we already struggle to finish lessons for ONE child. I’m not scared anymore, I’m excited at the idea of teaching my girls together using what is already our favorite part of the day, read aloud time! Thank you so much for creating this guide! I cannot wait to see how much it transforms our homeschool!