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GrammarAndMore offers a variety of resources to help you enjoy English and use it effectively.
Portico Books, our sponsor, offers products that take the mystery out of grammar by using icons to represent parts of speech. For example, a cube represents a noun, and a spring represents an action verb. A paintbrush depicts an adjective because it can change the appearance of a cube the way an adjective modifies a noun. Icons can be combined to show the components of different kinds of sentences.
The icons are an integral part of all of Portico Books' products -- from Hands-On English, a concise handbook, to Hands-On Sentences, a card game that helps develop familiarity with parts of speech and skill in sentence construction.
In addition to grammar, the Hands-On products and other resources on our GrammarAndMore site will help you develop skill in usage, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, vocabulary, reading, and writing. These skills will help you communicate more effectively.
Our products, Hands-On English, The Activity Book, Hands-On Sentences, and Hands-On Icons were developed by Fran Hamilton, using her years of "hands-on" classroom experience teaching students about grammar and the effective use of language.
See Hands-On English at the Midwest Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati, April 8-10
This rapidly growing convention will be held at the Duke Energy Center; Hands-On English will be in Booth #421. Fran will present two workshops, both in Duke 238:
Friday, 11:30-12:30 Hands-On EnglishSaturday, 11:30-12:30 Empower Your Children to Write Effectively
If you'll be attending this convention, please stop by to say hello. And if you know others who'll be there, invite them to do the same!
Meet the Grannie Annie Authors and Artists at Left Bank Books
Invite your family and friends to join you for the second annual rannie Annie Author Reading and Book Signing at Left Bank Books' downtown location, 321 N. 10th Street (63101), on Saturday, June 5, at 2:00 p.m. Students who have contributed to the Grannie Annie anthologies will share their family stories and illustrations, and will sign copies of the books.
Annual Family Story Contest for Kids
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Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration invites students in U.S. grades 4-8 and
homeschool and international students aged 9-14 to interview their family
storykeepers and write a 275- to 500-word story about something they learn from
their family's history. The Grannie Annie encourages students to share their
stories with their families and their communities -- and to submit the stories
for possible publication in the annual anthology. At least ten stories in each
of two age categories are published each year.|
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