Kaleidos Language Arts

Building strong writers with good form: step-by-step.

Writing is the backbone of this year-long, comprehensive language arts program. Kid-tested classical literature, pain-free grammar, spelling, and punctuation and interactive computer and speaking activities produce communicators with good form and strong skills.

Kaleidos Language Arts Books

What is Kaleidos Language Arts?

Kaleidos is a language arts curriculum by grade level with lessons that combine literature, writing, spelling, grammar, speaking, keyboarding, and computer-technology.

Language Arts with a Love for Literature and Writing

Each grade has thirteen great classics that have withstood two of literature's toughest tests: kids and time.

Adventure, life-changing dilemmas, and thought-provoking conflicts that distinguish classical literature from popular literature do more than just strengthen reading skills. Literature deepens an individual's ability to recognize different perspectives and apply changeless principles to changing dilemmas. Literature enables students to think more abstractly at a younger age and empathize with other people.

Students can earn a certificate for reading ten of the thirteen classical books during their academic year.


What About Writing?

Twice weekly lessons from Write On, The Kid-Friendly, Mother-Pleasing, Gentle Way to Learn to Write provide students with a wide variety of different types of writing activities. Student models in the book will boost your students' confidence in their ability to tackle each objective, and motivates them to write about the subjects of interest to them.

Each year a six-week module allows a student to work on their large research report without the additional efforts of the other aspects of language (grammar, spelling, etc.) This module can be inserted anywhere in the school year that is convenient for you.


What Other Subjects are Included?

The weekly lesson plans include include:

Special Projects

To add variety and to put some of those computer and speaking skills to good use, five or six special projects are listed each year. This gives the students the opportunity to make PowerPoint presentations, develop interactive time-lines, create a short skit, make a news broadcast, or other project to boost creativity and share their written work.


What Do My Students Gain From Using Kaleidos?

Kaleidos exists to improve communication skills by fostering a love for learning and reading and boosting confidence in writing.

While mechanical and basic skills are covered, the focus is on writing and literature for life. Students will find:


How Does Kaleidos Help Me Teach?

These features help you maximize your teaching while minimizing preparation time:

Look at Each Level

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Take a look at each grade level to see the books and writing activities each year.

You can also find a list of each book for each grade level with our Reading Lists by Grade.


Buy Kaleidos

Choose your grade level from the drop down box. Kaleidos is a soft cover manual that will be shipped to you within two business days.
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Unit Studies You'll Love

Kaleidos is an on-going work in progress spanning several decades. Currently we are creating vocabulary book marks so students quite literally have the vocabulary at their fingertips. Multi-dimensional unit studies with hands-on activities are in development. Movie-night suggestions and further reading recommendations continue to expand. Stay in touch and enjoy the new features as they grow.


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