My name is Rebecca and I am a bonafide curriculum junkie. My addiction is fed by the bundles and stacks of curriculum I receive from various companies throughout the years as a homeschool blogger. I can’t say no, in fact sometimes I pitch them to do reviews for nothing because the curriculum is so bright […]
How to Teach Kids to Write using Poetry
Teaching our kids to read, write, and communicate with language is quite frankly a whole lot harder than it looks! The different elements of Language Arts can seem daunting because there are a lot of them: creative writing, grammar, spelling, vocabulary, structured writing, reading, writing form (neatness), comprehension, and oral language skills. With 5 kids to teach at 5 […]
How I Use Copywork to Teach Language Arts
As a homeschool mom of 5 young children, teaching each child at their own level with their own subjects was slowly killing me. Like a slow moving poison, I was losing the life and passion and fire in my homeschool. I was burning out, I was frustrated, I was tired, something had to give. Language […]
An Unschooling Approach to Teaching Writing
When people hear the word ‘unschooling’ they sometimes write off the entire conversation. They picture kids playing video games all day long while mom reads a book and that is FAR from the truth. Unschooling, also known as child directed learning, is a form of education where the child is involved in their education. It […]
Teaching Writing to Multiple Ages and Levels
I love to write, it comes very naturally to me. It is my favorite form of communication. I would far rather write a letter to someone than confront them in a conversation because I think more clearly when my thoughts are being translated by a pen. I love the feel of my pen on paper. […]
What is Poetry Teatime?
Have you heard of poetry teatime? It is a movement that is sweeping through the homeschool world on the wings of Brave Writer, an innovative method of teaching language arts to our children. Has it ever struck you that we call it “Language Arts”? We are teaching our children the art of communication in the […]
The Day I Abandoned My Workbooks… For Good
I was going crazy! I was losing my patience on a regular basis, fighting with my kids to do their school, and feeling at a complete loss. I was homeschooled growing up! I had a passion for this… why then did I feel like I was failing? Then one day, 4 years into my homeschool […]
