Writing Skills

[HollyVanH]

Before I began homeschooling my daughters I taught freshman writing at USC for 10 years and I've begun a series of posts on writing for homeschoolers. Part 1 is here: http://www.knittedthoughts.com/2010/11/writing-skills-for-homeschoolers.html

 

Today's post includes lots of practical ideas for working with even the littlest writers. I hope you find it useful!

[mcconnellboys]

Bless your heart! Thanks so much for this....

[Guest CarolineUK]

Thank you so much for this! Writing is something I constantly worry about with my boys, they don't particularly like it and I struggle to think of ways to make it easier, less painful, more fun. You've really inspired and motivated me. I'll keep watching your blog :D.

[tammyw]

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing. I have bookmarked your blog now!

[HollyVanH]

Thanks everyone for the supportive comments on my blog. I'm so glad if I helped spark ideas. I plan to write down more of the techniques I use that are the most successful in future blog posts.

 

Thanks again for the encouragement! :)

Holly

[HollyVanH]

Hi Everyone,

 

I've written another post today about writing for homeschoolers. Today's entry contains lots of practical, everyday activities for kids and teens: http://www.knittedthoughts.com/2010/11/express-yourself-writing-with-kids.html.

 

Hope you find it helpful :)

Holly

[HollyVanH]

If anyone could put this on a new forum, I'd really appreciate it. Today's post is more geared towards teens and I'd like to reach as many parents as possible, but don't know how to do it. The link to my newest post is: http://www.knittedthoughts.com/2010/11/express-yourself-writing-with-kids.html

 

Thanks so much,

Holly

[HollyVanH]

Whew -- got it up there. Took me long enough to figure out. I guess my brain is tired from all the writing :)

[RenayofRohan]

Thank you! This is seriously awesome. Bookmarked your blog too. ;)

[HollyVanH]

Thanks Renay! I'm so glad you found it helpful! :)

[HollyVanH]

Thank you so much for this! Writing is something I constantly worry about with my boys, they don't particularly like it and I struggle to think of ways to make it easier, less painful, more fun. You've really inspired and motivated me. I'll keep watching your blog :D.

Hi Caroline -- I was wondering if you'd tried out any of the strategies from the blog and if they'd worked with your boys?

[HollyVanH]

Hi Everyone,

 

I thought since this was a group interested in writing projects for homeschoolers, I'd show off what my Creative Writing class of 12 homeschoolers accomplished this semester as a project -- 12 full length novels!!! For more details, see: http://www.knittedthoughts.com/2011/01/homeschool-student-novels.html

 

It's amazing what you can accomplish with a few hardworking kids -- this opened up whole new writing horizons for them and gave them TONS of confidence in their writing abilities!