WE all hear it, “Read to your kids!” but how do we fit it into a busy day? Some of my fondest moments in homeschooling were the times when we read aloud literature to each other. We plowed through so … Continue reading
Category Archives: Classical Writing Method
How to do copybook with your early elementary grade student
Copybook and dictation for grades 2 and 3 and up. I am going to write a series of blogs on the sequence of writing instruction starting with copybook, then dictation, then simple retelling of stories up through writing of the … Continue reading
Modern Writing and Traditional Ancient Writing
Note – I wrote a blog a while back on ancient writing – Discovering the Arguments: Artistic and Inartistic Proofs. You may want to read that after reading this, to go more in depth with the ancient modes (if that … Continue reading
Mmmmmmmore on Student Motivation: EFFORT
This will be a short blog. Motivated students put in effort. DONE!! Ok?? not good enough?? I think effort is the hardest topic to write about 1. because it will come across preachy. 2. because we all know what it … Continue reading
More on Student Motivation – Clear Directions in Writing Assignments
Direction, the first step in student motivation When my oldest homeschooled child was in 3rd grade, I started him in a simple Latin curriculum, one of the few elementary grade Latin curricula available at the time. At the end of … Continue reading
Motivating Students to Write
One of the questions I often get is “How do I motivate my students to write?”This post will simply deal with the skeleton of motivation, and then in future blogs we can examine each component separately. According to Natalie Ekberg … Continue reading
Early Writing skills – Copywork and Dictation
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Beginning writers write by doing copywork. My students enjoyed copywork in the early elementary years. Each got to pick a lined composition bound notebook from the office supply store. Each got to choose a piece of fabric to cover the … Continue reading
Homeschooling, Writing, and Self-instruction
I often get emails and postings on our message boards that ask: “how long must I spend daily teaching this to my student? I am a busy mom, I have a toddler and a baby and I do not have … Continue reading
Essay Writing Part I
I want to spend a couple of blogs on essay writing, to just lay a foundation for how we get our students to become good writers. (I still owe the final blog on the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, … Continue reading
Writing Teachers
As my students (my own kids and a few others) have moved on into higher education, I have pondered their preparation, their writing skills, and whether I did all I could to prepare them sufficiently for other writing instructors. When … Continue reading