Rudolf Flesch once observed that language may be the only truly democratic thing on the planet. What he meant is pretty straightforward; what becomes the common grammar does so because of usage. In other words, we ‘vote’ on what proper grammar is, based on...
How to Help Your Students Get Over Being Defensive About Their Writing? When we try to teach kids how to write, you and I have both seen it dozens of times. We simply offer some helpful advice (or worse yet, we point out a mistake) and our child goes ballistic...
It’s true in learning to write because it is true in life. Maybe what you don’t like happening is your fault. Maybe you are encouraging the wrong things in your life. Success is clearly about communication, and we communicate in many subtle ways. It may...
I received this letter a while back and wanted to share it here: I’ve been using the Writing Course for over a year now with my 15yo. I’m wondering if I should go through it with my 10yo yet or not. How did you determine at what age your children were...
Hey Educator, Glad you dropped by! If you own The Writing Course, or are just thinking about it, this is our way to connect a little, share some information about our homeschool writing curriculum, and answer your questions. We had a forum, which was good…but it...
