The Writing Course - Independent Homeschool

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

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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 Homeschool Start to Finish Videos (The Lybrands)

How to Homeschool Start to Finish Videos Fred & Jody Lybrand UPDATE: Here's the First Video: Start to Finish HERE'S THE LINK TO SIGN UP AND SEE All 5 Videos: Sign Up Here

The Importance of Feedback in Teaching Children to Write

I want to encourage everyone to avoid underestimating the value of feedback in learning anything (especially writing). It is so important that you can simply rest on the fact that

How to Help Your Child Think Up What to Write

The following was my response to an inquiry about a child who doesn't know what to write during the writing part of the homeschool day. Even though we don't yet know

The Writing Course is Getting Better

Hi All,You may not own our revolutionary course yet, but that's totally cool. I just want to share a few thoughts that might be helpful.I suppose in our hurried world

How Do I Grade My Child’s Writing?

Weekly I get a note or a question that sounds like one I received today, "Biggest challenge---being able to correct my student's writing myself. I know what sounds good, but I

Write First, Learn Grammar Later…seriously

I picked up the following comment from a forum related to a homeschool curriculum we use. If you skip to the bottom (my response), you see a simple reason to start

Why I Figured Out a Better Way to Teach Writing

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