Episode 19: Teaching Writing–Is It Always a Challenge?

Do you like teaching writing in your homeschool? Even if putting thoughts on paper comes naturally to you, teaching writing can be tricky. Deborah Wuehler, the senior editor of The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, shares ideas and tips as she talks rewriting, polishing, moving words around, and more in “Teaching Writing—Is It Always a Challenge?” It’s
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Who Delivers Homeschool Help for Moms?

Could you use someone to cheer you on as you homeschool? Or better yet—how about a whole bunch of people to lean on, who know what it is like to be in your shoes? Wouldn’t it be great to sit down with people who have answers, people who deliver homeschool help for moms? Wouldn’t that
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Homeschool Strategies for the Indoor Months, Mama

We have had some beautiful snow here in Colorado! However, the cold keeps the kids indoors most of the day so we try to keep everyone constructively occupied. We like to take some of these days off from the regular workbooks and learn differently on “cabin fever” days. Here are some ideas of what that
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Homeschool Student Notebooks

It’s that time of year when we start to purchase our supplies for the upcoming school year.  There is nothing quite like shopping for new pencil boxes and colorful erasers, fresh markers, and packs of notebook paper. As you venture out to shop or sit at home and scroll, I have a suggestion for your
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Hey Mama Monday: Cursive Writing, Copywork, and Penmanship, Mama

  Hey Mama,   Is copywork important? How about good penmanship? I would have to argue that both will benefit your children’s education and future. If your children are copying good literature, their reading, writing, and vocabulary improve. Just pick a good piece of literature your children love and have them copy a short quote
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Teaching Children to Write With Confidence

  “Honey, you need to rewrite this paper….” “I hate writing!” Tears, frustration, and raised voices – is this what teaching writing is like at your house? We often deceive ourselves into thinking that some kids are good writers and others are not. While it is true that some children are gifted writers, all teens
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Grab a Pencil and Some Paper

  Learning how to write and then being able to use those words correctly are vital skills that allow us to communicate efficiently and succeed in life . . . no matter what path you choose. Preschoolers and kindergarten students can explore foundational skills of handwriting in Beginning Handwriting. Taught by Annette Breedlove, each of
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Teen Job Opportunity!

  February through April brings the publication of a new three-week Writing class on SchoolhouseTeachers.com, and it is also marks the start of a new opportunity for teens! Sharon Watson has posted a three-week writing course on advertising copywriting skills, and we want to see one of her students in this class come to work
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