Writing
Writing Instruction
Without a doubt, writing is probably the HARDEST area for homeschool families to tackle.
Most kids just don’t enjoy writing, and if you peel back the layers, it’s usually based on fear!
Combine kids’ fears with parents having anxiety about protecting their relationships with their children, and you have a recipe for children who either don’t learn how to write or don’t know how to write well.
After letter formation and handwriting, parents are generally unsure about the trajectory of writing instruction and cringe at the thought of fighting their child to get through a lesson. This is so common!
Just as a toddler wants independence and refuses to hold your hand across the street…
Just as that preschooler wants to be out of their car seat…
We, as parents, see a bigger picture that they cannot.
Learning to write is non-negotiable for them to succeed in life.
Their ultimate success is worth the discomfort of learning how to write.
Here’s the thing… writing doesn’t have to be a fight!
Many of us went through TERRIBLE writing instruction while growing up. More often than not, we are projecting our disdain for the subject onto them!
You can choose a writing curriculum that is different from the strict, fear-of-failure-based process that you’ll find in many schools.
Spelling, grammar, structure, content… YOU get to decide what to emphasize! YOU can take the fear of failure out of writing.
That’s so Powerful!
Use this Writing Archive to find topics or posts that will empower you to feel confident with teaching writing!
“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.”
