Essentials | Ages 9 - 12

Why do people in other countries know several languages and on average Americans do not?

It is because we do not know our own language. Americans do not know the basic grammar of the English language because it is no longer taught in schools.

You have to know your own language in order to learn other languages.

Essentials not only teaches excellent grammar skills, but it lays the foundation for acquiring foreign language.

A few items that students in Essentials learn:

Capitalization and punctuation

Eight parts of speech

112 sentence patterns

Sentence diagramming

How to analyze sentences by purpose, structure, patterns, and speech parts

Writing structure and style through Institute for Excellence in Writing

How to research, write a thesis, and a full research paper

Greater speed and accuracy in multiplication facts.