Does Classical Writing teach spelling? We are often asked that question. Spelling Instruction Everything we do we do in light of the weekly stories the kids analyze and write about, including spelling. Do I have to have a separate spelling … Continue reading
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Consistency and Priority (AND ENJOYMENT) in Homeschooling
OK, I am going to seg-way into my second blog on consistency from an unusual angle. Please bear with me. Yesterday an article which discussed breastfeeding caught my eye on NPR Facebook. I read the article and it sent me … Continue reading
editing essays, part ii
A couple of blog posts ago, we talked about editing student work. I want to revisit that topic this morning. Obviously there is a difference between editing the essay of a 12th grader and editing the essay of a 4th … Continue reading
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Editing Essays part i
We often get questions about editing student essays, or questions like, don’t you have a rubric for the writing projects? Yes, and no, and maybe. We are not huge rubric fans, but we understand the need for them. There are … Continue reading
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Teaching via Concepts or via Examples
Educational theories are hard to articulate, and most parents who home educate do not precisely care. Their goals are more practical. I want Junior to be able to read, write, and do math at a level that will get him … Continue reading
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Meaningful Writing
With the holidays here, I wanted to mention all the meaningful writing activities that you can engage your students in. Not that essay writing and curricula are not meaningful, but that students more so love to write for a real … Continue reading
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Story and Elementary School Kids
To finish my thoughts on story. Story is what life is made of, in hindsight. We all have stories to tell of our lives. There isn’t a person who doesn’t have a life story with unique details, details that shape … Continue reading
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Story
Story is a concept that mankind seems to have employed from the beginnings of his communications. Story tells of what is, what was, what might be, and sometimes it tells of what never was, but perhaps what could have been, … Continue reading
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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