by Learning Mama | Jan 23, 2017 | Homeschooling
Whether your child laboured over their phonics lessons or took to reading like a fish to water, at some point, they are ready for more than levelled readers but not able to handle the more mature, lengthy, and challenging literature selections. While it is extremely...
by Learning Mama | Jan 9, 2017 | Homeschooling
Tomorrow marks exactly 2 years since I hit publish on my very first blog post! I have learned a lot in the last two years, both about homeschooling AND blogging, and I’m so happy to be able to share this incredible ride with you! That so many people have been...
by Learning Mama | Dec 7, 2016 | Homeschooling
Despite the plethora of book reports, journals, poetry, short stories, and writing prompts being used in schools, students continue to be unprepared for skilled writing in high school and college. We hear this lament from college professors over and over again —...
by Learning Mama | Nov 24, 2016 | Homeschooling
In my last post I discussed the simplest and easiest tool for building strong writers in the early years — copywork — and today I’m moving on to perhaps the most difficult — narration. If you’ve spent any time learning about classical or...
by Learning Mama | Nov 16, 2016 | Homeschooling
I’ve already mentioned that I don’t require any creative writing at all from my young writers — no stories, poetry, or even journal writing. Instead, I wait until my writers have developed mastery of the skills required to properly express themselves...
by Learning Mama | Nov 9, 2016 | Homeschooling
We don’t do a lot of the typical writing activities and assignments that are popular in public schools (and homeschools!). In case you are over your shock and horror over the fact that I don’t have any assigned reading in my homeschool, I have also never...
