The Arts of Language Podcast

"I just can't think of what to write!" Why is it that students have a difficult time making a thought concrete? Tune in as Andrew and Julie address this issue, highlight the power of asking questions, and explain the importance of good thinking as it relates to listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  REFERENCED MATERIALS: "The Four Language Arts" Article Audio talk Listening | Speaking | Reading | Writing "What Are We Really Doing Here?" by Andrew Pudewa Magalog The Profound Effects of Music on Life by Andrew Pudewa A Word Write Now "Teaching Boys and Other Boys Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day" by Andrew Pudewa Dr. James B. Webster Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® High School Essay Intensive (Discontinued) "I Keep Six Honest Serving Men" by Rudyard Kipling Structure and Style for Students® Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

Andrew and Julie discuss the most concrete of the language arts: writing. Learn how writing can be cultivated before your student even begins to put words to paper, and gain some insight on the tremendous value of copy work as it builds fluency and stamina.  GO TO: PART 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 REFERENCED MATERIALS: "The Four Language Arts" Article Audio talk Simply Charlotte Mason Episode 188: Why Teach Cursive Writing? "The Science and Art of Motivation"​ Article Audio talk Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson The National Christian Forensics and Communications Association Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

Building on the previous two episodes, Andrew and Julie now turn to the third language art: reading. In this episode Andrew discusses the importance of developing an auditory database, while emphasizing the value of reading aloud, especially when your student is beginning to read independently.  GO TO: PART 1 | Part 2 REFERENCED MATERIALS: "The Four Language Arts" Article Audio talk Anna Ingham The Blended Sound-Sight Program of Learning Dr. James B. Webster Read-Aloud Revival The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Maria Montessori A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Timeline of Classics by Gail Ledbetter Structure and Style for Students Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

This week, Andrew and Julie move on to the second language art: speaking. Tune in as the duo discusses the loss of speaking skills in our culture, explores the cultivation of the art, and emphasizes the value of memorization and recitation.  GO TO: PART 1 REFERENCED MATERIALS: "The Four Language Arts" Article Audio talk Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization by Andrew Pudewa Classical Conversations The Little House by Laura Ingalls Wilder Laddie by Gene Stratton Porter Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Little Britches by Ralph Moody Highlands Latin School The National Christian Forensics and Communications Association Speech Boot Camp (Discontinued) Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass The Columbian Orator by David W. Blight Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

Can listening skills be cultivated? This week Andrew and Julie begin the series on the four language arts. Listen to Andrew provide suggestions for nurturing attentive listening, and learn its powerful result: the building of the language database. GO TO: PART 2 REFERENCED MATERIALS: "The Four Language Arts" Article Audio talk The Restoration of Christian Culture by John Senior The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis The Story about Ping by Marjorie Flack Read-Aloud Revival The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

Picking up from last week's podcast, Andrew continues to move through the history of IEW. Stay tuned for the ending where IEW celebrates the future with our new product: Structure and Style® for Students.  GO TO PART 1 Referenced Materials: IEW's Twenty-Fifth Birthday Bash Julie Walker David Walker  Maria Gerber Tim Lawless The HomeScholar Heidi St. John Read-Aloud Revival Read-Aloud Revival podcast with Andrew Pudewa "Nurturing Competent Communicators" by Andrew Pudewa Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® Mikael Walker Nathan King Sean Schmidgall Your Morning Basket Teaching Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day Kristi Clover The Simply Joyful Podcast The Simply Joyful Podcast with Andrew Pudewa The National Christian Forensics and Communications Association Kim Cromer The NCFCA Comprehensive Guide to Value Debate The NCFCA Comprehensive Guide to Policy Debate The NCFCA Comprehensive Guide to Speech Mark Landon Justin Holmes Ellie Diaz Victus Study Skills Correctional Education Association "The Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing" Article  Audio talk Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Structure and Style® for Students  IEW Upgrade(s) Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

Have you ever wondered where it all began? Tune into this twenty-fifth birthday celebration recording where Andrew takes you through the history of IEW and expresses his gratitude toward the people that helped him along his journey. GO TO PART 2 Referenced Materials: Andrew Pudewa Dr. James B. Webster Anna Ingham Teaching Writing: Structure and Style® The Phonetic Zoo Janet Spitler Julie Walker Bible-Based Writing Lessons  Theme-Based Writing Lessons Jill Pike Peter Buscemi Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization Cameron Covey Classical Conversations Leigh Bortins Laura House Danielle Olander Jan Miller The Old Schoolhouse® Practical Homeschooling Reader Awards Lori Verstegen U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons World History-Based Writing Lessons Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons Advanced U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons All Things Fun & Fascinating High School Essay Intensive The Elegant Essay How to Write a Story by Lee Roddy Pamela White Fix It! Grammar A Word Write Now by Loranna Schwacofer CenterForLit Teaching the Classics by Adam and Missy Andrews Linda Mikottis Magalog Andrew Kern Circe Institute The Two Andrews: On Writing and Teaching Writing Martin Cothran "Laelius de Amicitia" by Cicero Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

And we're back! Enjoy this special edition of Ask Andrew Anything, where students and parents from our new student course, Structure and Style for Students®, ask Andrew really just about anything. Be inspired by Andrew's insights on raising his own children, and share a few laughs as Andrew elaborates on his love for hot sauce. Referenced Materials: A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens However Impefectly by Andrew Pudewa The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis  The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein  Penrod by Booth Tarkington Humor in Teaching and Speaking by Andrew Pudewa The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein You can either listen to the audio podcast, or click the link below to watch the video!  Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

This is the last episode in the podcast series Reviewing Our Greatest Hits. This show was initially launched on December 12, 2018, as Episode 169. As they finish up their conversation on movies, Andrew and Julie head into a different direction: the book versus the movie. Join us to hear Andrew and Julie compare certain movies with the book that inspired the movie and listen to both of their takes on if you should read the book before watching the movie. REFERENCED MATERIALS: The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria A. Trapp The Sound of Music The Wizard of Oz Book  Movie Fantasia Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Lawrence of Arabia A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Scarlet Pimpernel  Book Movie Pride and Prejudice Book Mini-Series  Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Scarlet and the Black The Vatican Pimpernel by Brian Fleming The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein "Nurturing Competent Communicators" by Andrew Pudewa The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein The Princess Bride Book Movie  Anna Karenina Book Movie Les Misérables  Book Movie Jane Eyre Book Mini-Series Little Women by Louisa May Alcott  Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

This is the twenty-third episode of twenty-four in the podcast series Reviewing Our Greatest Hits. This show was initially launched on December 5, 2018, as Episode 168. In this podcast Andrew and Julie discuss a long-awaited topic: movies. Tune in to hear the duo explore some insights from a few of Andrew's favorite movies. REFERENCED MATERIALS: The Greatest Showman  "[This Is Me] A Mommy Parody" The Man Who Invented Christmas  Book  Movie  Inception High School Essay Intensive Goodbye, Mr. Chips Finding Forrester  Akeelah and the Bee Spellbound The Phonetic Zoo "Spelling and the Brain" by Andrew Pudewa A River Runs through It Book  Movie "However Imperfectly" by Andrew Pudewa Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

This is the twenty-second episode of twenty-four in the podcast series Reviewing Our Greatest Hits. This show was initially launched on September 27, 2016, as Episode 62.  Join us this week as Andrew and Julie continue their conversation on child brain development. In this episode Andrew delves more deeply into the cause of brain injury, and he provides insight and suggestions to best help, through sensory stimulation and balance development, your brain injured child. GO TO PART 1 Referenced Materials: The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential Nature Deficit Disorder Audio talk Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv Family Hope Center "Thoughts on Dyslexia"  Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

This is the twenty-first episode of twenty-four in the podcast series Reviewing Our Greatest Hits. This show was initially launched on September 20, 2016, as Episode 61.  In Part 1 of this 2-part series, Andrew unpacks his personal experience with child brain development and with children who have special needs. Pulling together his research, Andrew examines the developmental pathway of children, discussing a child's intellectual and physical growth. Referenced Materials: Glenn Doman How to Multiply Your Baby's Intelligence by Glenn and Janet Doman Family Hope Center Understanding Child Brain Development by Matthew and Carol Newell The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential "Special needs? IEW can help!" by Jill Pike Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

This is the twentieth episode of twenty-four in the podcast series Reviewing Our Greatest Hits. This show was initially launched on December 29, 2015, as Episode 23.  To ban or not to ban, this is the question. Conversations in the academic world have raised questions about the benefits of banning certain words from a student's writing, as IEW requires. Join Andrew and Julie as they unpack the idea of banning words and discuss its value as it helps establish a student's linguistic foundation. Referenced Materials: "‘Use More Expressive Words!’ Teachers Bark, Beseech, Implore" by James R. Hagerty "'Teachers! Please Do Not Make Your Students Use Synonyms for Said,' I Blurted" by Gabriel Roth Maria Montessori A Word Write Now "Process versus Product" "Good Writing vs. Great Teaching" Penrod by Booth Tarkington Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com

This is the nineteenth episode of twenty-four in the podcast series Reviewing Our Greatest Hits. This show was initially launched on January 3, 2018, as Episode 122.  Share the fun and gain some insights as Julie chats with homeschool mom and author Heidi St. John. After homeschooling for many years, Heidi pulled together her experience and wrote The Busy Homeschool Mom's Guide to Romance. Join us as Heidi shares her goal of strengthening families and offers her advice to busy moms who feel overwhelmed with the tasks at hand. Referenced Materials: Heidi St. John: The Busy Mom Podcast with Kristin Boutross Podcast with Laura House "But, but, but ... What about Grammar?" audio talk by Andrew Pudewa Structure and Style® for Students IEW Schools Janet Spitler The Busy Mom's Guide to Romance by Heidi St. John Books by Heidi St. John The Firmly Planted Resource Center Heidi's Instagram Heidi's Facebook Page Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com  

This is the eighteenth episode of twenty-four in the podcast series Reviewing Our Greatest Hits. This show was initially launched on January 24, 2018, as Episode 125.  If you're like many families, then you've experienced a bit (or a lot!) of burnout at various times during a school year. Join in on the conversation as Andrew and Julie offer encouragement while they discuss the three laws for keeping you and your students motivated. Referenced Materials: "The Science and Art of Motivation" Article  Audio talk Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2 Suzuki Everything!  Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2 Teaching Writing: Structure and Style "The Seven Keys of Great Teaching" by Oliver and Rachel DeMille "The Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing" Article  Audio talk Podcast Series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Remember to send your questions to Podcast@IEW.com, and perhaps yours will be answered the next time we Ask Andrew Anything (AAA). If you have any questions about IEW or our products, do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Team at 800.856.5815 or Info@IEW.com