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Teach Your Homeschooler The Oxford Comma

As a homeschooler, one of the most important skills you can teach your child is how to write effectively. Proper punctuation is a key component of good writing, and the

Want to Harm Writing? Teach it the Traditional Way!

Frankly, we know, the more we teach kids to obsess on correctness in grammar and writing...the worse they write and the less motivated they are (oh no...did I end with

Good Essay for a Homeschooler? 6 Questions that Help

HERE'S A QUESTION ON ESSAY WRITING I RECEIVED RECENTLY: Hi, Firstly, thank you for answering all of my questions. After a careful look I was able to find all the downloads

At Least Don’t Teach Grammar Before Age 11

As you may well know, I have been an almost-lone-voice in how rediculously useless teaching grammar (to grow writers) is as homeschoolers. Honestly, it's the same with mass education as

Just Admit It – Learning Involves Frustration

One Word Explains Why Some People Are Learners and Some People Are Not

In the last letter we looked at the fact that FRUSTRATION is a big part of learning, but becoming a good learner isn't just about overcoming frustration. There is a

What Can We Learn from A Public School President Who Says He Cannot Write a Sentence?

Detroit Public Schools (DPS) president, Otis Mathis, admits he can’t write a coherent sentence. He further argues that he is a role model as a leader who can’t write. He’s

Myth: Grammar Study Makes Your Child a Better Writer

In a recent conversation about grammar and writing, I made the following point. Hope it is helpful.Often I hear it posed that ‘grammar study is useful’— and, the reason they

How to Teach Children to Edit Their Own Papers

Think about editing for a moment. All it involves is going back through something written and looking for two things: 1. Any mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. 2. Any ways to say

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