My family is so incredibly excited about the brand new middle school writing curriculum called Cover Story coming out this summer. The curriculum was created by our favorite writing teacher, Mr. S, who is the brains behind the incredible One Year Adventure Novel curriculum which I constantly rave about. Joely will be using this curriculum […]
Archives for March 2013
The Reading Lesson, The Verbal Math Lesson, and Big Words for Little Kids (Review)
The Reading Lesson The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons is a phonics and reading curriculum containing 20 lessons that you can cover with your child over the course of several months. Each of the 20 lessons is approximately 20 pages in length, and the authors recommend covering anywhere from […]
The Care and Feeding of Your Young Writer (9 Ways to Encourage Them)
This is my husband Jeff's second post in his series How to Raise & Encourage Your Young Writer. Welcome back to our series on How to Raise and Encourage Your Young Writer. This week I’d like to address some writing idiosyncrasies that non-writers may not understand. I'd also like to remind parents that in this […]
How to Build Talent in Your Child: A Wedding Rhyme Strategy
The following is a guest post from Jonathan Harris (husband of Renee Harris of MadeOn Hard Lotion). Jonathan is a homeschooling father of eight who blogs at 10KtoTalent.com. Which of these three statements would you like your child to be able to say as young adult: (1) “I have a job”, (2) “I have a […]