Click on one of the following videos to learn all about Blackbird & Company and our approach to literature based language arts for homeschoolers, classrooms, and self directed study.
Intro to BBCo
Blackbird & Co. at-a-glance
Where Literacy Takes Flight!
Curriculum Introductions
Grade Level Collections: Kindergarten through 2nd Grade
Grade Level Collections: 3rd through 5th Grade
Grade Level Collections: 6th through 8th Grade
Grade Level Collections: 9th through 12th Grade
Writing with Blackbird and Company: Elementary, Middle School, and High School
Writing with Blackbird and Company: Storymaker - Early Elementary
UnBoxing
The Big Word – Spelling Videos
The BIG Word: Quadrilateral
Operation Lexicon: Traits of Character
Boy Who Loved Math - Traits of Character #1 - Paul Erdös
The Shape of the World - Traits of Character #2 - Frank Lloyd Wright
The Noisy Paint Box - Traits of Character #3 - Vasya Kandinsky
Building On Nature - Traits of Character #4 - Vasya Kandinsky
An Eye for Color - Traits of Character #5 - Josef Albers
Summer Birds - Traits of Character #6 - Maria Merian
Look Up - Traits of Character #7 - Henrietta Leavitt
Marvelous Mattie - Traits of Character #8 - Margaret E. Knight
Queen of Computer Code - Traits of Character #9 - Grace Hopper
Mama Miti - Traits of Character #10 - Wangari Maathai
Storytime
Art Dog, by Thacher Hurd - Storytime with Blackbird & Co.
Corduroy, by Don Freeman - Storytime with Blackbird & Co.
Professional Development for Parents and Teachers
Middle & High School Writing
Hatchling Tips with Ms. Clare
Hatchling Tip #1: Phonics Terminology
Hatchling Tip #2: Heavy Sounds and Vowels
Hatchling Tip #3: Light Sounds
Hatchling Tip #4: Sound Strategies Pt. 1
Hatchling Tip #5: Sound Strategies Pt. 2
Hatchling Tip #7: The "Qu" Rule
Hatchling Tip #8: Consonant Blends
Hatchling Tip #9: Sight Words - Practice and Review
Hatchling Tip #10: Painless Interactive Journaling