A Million Reasons It’s Hard to Teach Kids to Write
It’s always nice to find out you are not alone 🙂 I ran across this article recently and felt like I wasn’t alone for a moment. Of course, you are not alone either! Writing requires a million different skills all at once We underestimate or are unaware of...How to Grow a Good Reader in 7 Steps
How Do You Grow A Good Reader? As one who spends lots of my time promoting writing (see The Writing Course), you might wonder about the connection. Well, there isn’t much of a mystery; the more we read, the more possibilities flow toward our writing! I realize...The 5 Steps To Amazing Book Reports
After being challenged on it, I sat down and made up this process for a book report. I wish I had put this together for my kids, but basically we did something similar as we homeschooled. 1. Keep the goal in mind: You want the child intelligently interacting with the...Does Learning Have to be Fun to be Successful?
Does Learning Have to be Fun to be Successful? So, clearly fun in-and-of-itself is not the aim of education in most of our minds. And yet, if we can make it fun, good. The problem (in my own way of thinking) is that FUN as too high of a priority works like salt...
How to Make Writing Easy for Your Homeschooler
Why is writing so hard? Is it even fixable? Honestly, the greatest hindrance to growing as a writer (or growing our children as writers) is the simple theory out there that writing really is something you can’t learn— you either can or you can’t...Share Your Successes
WE’D LOVE TO SEE YOU SHARE YOUR WRITING COURSE SUCCESSES TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS (GO TO BOTTOM OF PAGE) . My son and I are very happy with your writing and essay courses. As a homeschool mom who dreaded his resistance to do his “writing” for school each...Hard to think straight and walk crooked
In a way this is pretty simple. Your thinking (including your beliefs) really influences your actions and reactions in life. As a result, you can then see that your current situation in life has A LOT to do with how you think. Taking time to straighten out your own...
10 Reasons Homeschoolers Are Better Writers
Let’s just say it: As it stands, homeschooling will turn out better writers. The reason isn’t as spiritual as it is mechanical. It isn’t necessarily about a writing curriculum, but a writing curriculum that mimics the failed public...Do They Hate Writing? It’s Probably How You Teach Grammar
So, we’ve been pointing this out for years! Kids will learn to love writing (and grammar) if you focus on good literature and lots of writing practice. Studying Grammar is deadly. Don’t take my word for it. Read the Atlantic Monthly Article… ...