Blog — Writing
How to Encourage Your Child to Write- Model it
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One of the most constructive ways to encourage a young writer is through modeling.
Why Model and Teach Writing?
Kim from WriteShop explains how teaching writing needs to be more like teaching geometry.
Imagine saying, “OK, Ryan, find the hypotenuse of this triangle. I’m not going to teach you different strategies to solve the problem. Just get started . . . continue reading
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How to Love Your Kids’ Writing
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It can be frustrating as all get-out to edit a paper that’s riddled with errors.
So how can we put a positive spin on editing and grading when we’re feeling peevish?
Here are three heartfelt tips for how to love your kids’ writing, especially when you’d rather wad it into a ball and toss it across the room..... continue reading
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Your Reluctent Writer
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In January 2008, in faraway Nottingham, England, my then-23-year-old son Ben turned in a 63-page dissertation. In so doing, he capped off a year of grad school and became a candidate for a master’s degree in philosophical theology. Why do I share this? Because…
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Homeschool writing—overcome the obstacles and accomplish your shoulds.
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We've heard all the obstacles. And we know they are real!
- I'm a math and science person. Writing doesn't come easily to me. So we skip it.
- My kids hate writing. It's like pulling teeth! I avoid the battle altogether.
- I have no idea how to grade my children's writing. So I don't.
- We do a little creative writing and report writing here and there. I know it's not enough, but I don't really know how to teach writing in a comprehensive way.
- I have great plans, but they never seem to come to fruition. I'm not good at spontaneously adding writing to our other lessons like history and science.
We've heard all of your guilt-filled shoulds:
- I know I should teach more writing. My kids are now in middle school, and they still can't write a decent essay!
- We should spend more time on writing. I just don't know where to start. I get overwhelmed.
Now, here's the solution: continue reading
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Are You Enabling or Helping Your Child?
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What is the difference between helping your child in their studies and enabling that same child?
Sometimes, however, we do things inadvertently that have far-reaching effects on our children. I know and understand a mother’s heart. We want to protect, love, and nurture our children, but what happens when that desire to protect becomes a hindrance in their progress toward adulthood?
I think the hardest thing for a mother to do is to set an obligation (in the adult world, we call this a deadline) and then force....continue reading
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