What's Your Function?

As I was trolling around YouTube today I ran across the good ole School House Rock video "Conjunction Junction" and couldn't help but post it here.

In many ways, it relates to the post I made a few days ago, about learning the parts of speech.  And if your children or students aren't aware of the glories of School House Rock, consider exposing them to this great educational series!

How to Learn the Parts of Speech

Little Miss Muffet

Are you a teacher or homschooler needing help teaching your students about the parts of speech?

Use the poem "Little Miss Muffet" and THIS ARTICLE to help you (and your student) the difference between an adjective, adverb, conjunction, noun, pronoun and verb.

Children Storytellers

While some teachers and educators are worried about teaching kids to read at all — phonics instruction can help with that , by the way — some teachers strengthen speech and acting skills by teaching kids to become fabulous story tellers. Most of these principles were taken from my college speech classes, and some of my "speechie" friends. Check out THIS ARTICLE for info on how to teach children to tell stories.

Teaching the Parts of Speech

Students love to explore words and their meaning, but might not always be able to put them together in the correct way. That's why the parts of speech are so important-- without the use of the parts of speech stories would be bland and uninteresting.

Help students understand the parts of speech by using vivid visuals and giving them plenty of examples. Consider using the School House Rock series to help them better understand things such as conjunctions.... do you remember the fun "Conjunction Junction"  song?

Check out THIS ARTICLE for ways to better explain the Parts of Speech to your students.