And knowing that writing hasn’t really been allowed the freedom to grow naturally like speech has truly helped me to chill out and enjoy the process. Isn’t that refreshing!!? I just love thinking of the kids’ writing that way. After all, they won’t spell them that way forever.” In the meantime, we can jot in their baby book the funny way they spell words. Our young writers will learn how to write much as they learned how to speak correctly.

It goes deep into helping us understand the writing process and at the same time, appreciating what wonderful minds our own children have. It really helped transform my way of thinking, from public school English teacher to home-educating momma. The main “manual” for getting started is called The Writers Jungle : A Survivor’s Guide to Writing with Kids. If you’re looking for a change in the rhythm of your homeschool and home life, I encourage you to take a look. I can’t say enough good things about The Brave Writer Lifestyle. And I am never looking back! It has changed the whole climate and flavor of our homeschool ….and our home. It seemed too easy and just way too good to be true. Just not well and not with out tears and frustration. One of the things that I’ve really focused on and reevaluated this past year, was how I was teaching language arts. There was also plenty of valuable stuff in there.īut, I’ve learned and evolved a lot as a teacher and parent these last few years. And obviously, I didn’t have to unlearn all of it. 4 years of college, and 4 years of grad school taught me how. It looked just like a classroom, but in my dining room. At first, I started out just basically having “school in my home”. hahaha.Īnyway, I’ve made so many mistakes in our homeschool journey. I mean, I started teaching when I was 10, obviously. Before I started homeschooling my own children, I was a public school teacher.

What? Wow! How did that happen? Time flies.

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