When my older two children were in first and third grade I decided to use a journal for communication. Instead of giving them journal assignments or a journal to just write their thoughts, their journals were a communication between my child and I.
Poetry can be an excellent form of self-expression. While I haven’t really assigned poetry for my kids, it is one of the things that would cause us to “skip” formal work. If I see my kid sitting down with pencil and paper in hand to craft some poetry, I don’t…
As eclectic homeschoolers, it is common for me to take bits and pieces of one thing and combine it with something else to create something that better suits my child. So this year when we started running into issues with a curriculum, I took a step back and looked at…
Blogging is a great way for kids to practice their writing. I started a blog for my boys when they were 4 and 6 years old. Now their blogs are over 6 years old and are a great record of their writing progress. Initially they blogged about things of interest.…
We have been using Classical Writing for over a year now and am finally getting around to writing a review. I didn’t receive anything for this review. I simply decided to use the program because I liked the skills it taught. I used Classical Writing Aesop A with my visual-spatial…
I’m listing our schedule for the Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts Island Level program. It comes with general guidelines rather than a set schedule so I went through the books and wrote down our plan chronologically with writing assignments included in the schedule. As I did this, I guesstimated…
Below you will see pictures of his work in the Write About Me book. I wrote the interpretation of his writing below each picture. I do use a whole language method for writing at my son’s age. I typically don’t correct his grammar or spelling or punctuation. If he asks me how to spell a word I usually tell him to try and sound it out. Sometimes I can read what he writes, but I usually have him read it to me so I know for sure what he wrote.
We did a little project this afternoon. I had the boys each pick a grocery store flyer. Their task was to make one day’s menu for our whole family for under $40 and they could only choose items that were in the flyer. Why did we do this? Well, it…
My 5 year old is enjoying blogging. Today he created a blog post when he had some free time. He chose what to write about and he decided to write about our study of Ukraine. I am writing what he wrote here with the interpretation in parenthesis: Title: frst UKRAYIN…
For a year now my two boys have had their own blogs. I initially started a blog for my oldest because his handwriting skills were holding back his creative expression. Of course my then four year old wanted one too. Now a year later they are still blogging. My seven…
