You’re a grumpy teakettle, tired of boiling water. One day you give the people of the house a piece of your mind, but you can only shriek at a high, whistle-like pitch. What do you say and how does the family react?
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Welcome to the latest blog roundup! See how other homeschooling families practice the Brave Writer Lifestyle!
Brave Writer and Children with Learning Differences by Shawna of Not the Former Things
“Brave Writer has been instrumental in helping my children become writers, and in helping their mom understand what it really takes to be a writer. (Note to self: commas and adverbs are not initially essential ingredients in the creation any great literary work.)
Although I have shared in the past why Brave Writer is such a big deal (and it is) today I want to share specifically why I think it is an excellent fit for children with learning differences…” Read more
Our Book Reveal Party: This Year’s Book Club Picks by Dachelle of Hide the Chocolate
“For the last few years, we have used the Brave Writer Arrow books to choose our book lists. Since the girls are moving into middle school, we decided to add a few Boomerang books to this year’s selections. I love the Golden Lines journal idea in the Boomerangs, so we decided to incorporate it into this year’s book club. The girls were each given a journal and told to copy their favorite quote from each book. They will be able to share these at each book club…” Read more
Charlotte’s Web Book Club ~ A Party School at the Fair by Dachelle of Hide the Chocolate
“As many of you know, we love to use the Brave Writer Arrows for our language arts. This is a great book to jump in and try the Brave Writer program because the Charlotte’s Web Arrow is free. The Arrows provide copywork, dictation, grammar notes, writing activities and a literary element. Since the Arrows are broken down into four weeks, it works perfectly with our monthly book club…” Read more
Our Daily Routine with the Brave Writer Lifestyle by Dachelle of Hide the Chocolate
“The one question I get the most about our Brave Writer Lifestyle is “What does that look like on a normal day?” The short answer is “It changes all the time.” But, you don’t want the short answer. You want to know how we incorporate the Brave Writer Lifestyle into our daily lives. So, today we are going to walk through our Brave Writer Lifestyle daily routine…” Read more
More Than a Shelf of Books by Mary of Not Before 7
“I am not one of those moms who can’t get rid of books. I am a purger. And I have no problem purging books. The way I see it, that is what libraries are for. Libraries house my books. But even I have my soft spots and my memories, so I must admit that there is a section of our hallway bookcase that is more than just a shelf of books. It is a collection of memories that will always be exempt from purging…” Read more
We hope to share more roundups in the future! If you write about an aspect of the Brave Writer Lifestyle, let us know! Email your post’s url to Jeannette, our Social Media admin ([email protected]). Thanks!
Today’s podcast features homeschool mom and awesome adult Christy Thomas! Christy came on my radar when I noticed that she did such a great job of selfcare and making personal growth a priority. She’s a stellar homeschool mama who helps other parents prioritize fun, play, and connection in their relationships with their kids.
Christy is a homeschool mother of three, military wife, daily runner, and co-founder of the popular community Play4Life Moms! Her mission: bring play and joy into the homeschool experience. This episode discusses how you can not only homeschool but be an awesome adult in your own right—growing, learning, and expanding as a person right along with your children.
I can’t wait for you to meet her!
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You are magically sucked into your favorite book. What happens next?
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James Henry Trotter has lived with his ghastly aunts, Sponge and Spiker, ever since his parents were eaten by an escaped rhinoceros. Life is miserable… until a mysterious old man gives him a bag of magic crocodile tongues, which James accidentally uses to grow a peach the size of a house!
This fantastic fruit, and the friendly insects who live in it, might just be James’ path to a new life of adventure, if he can survive ghost pirates, robot sharks, and the return of the deadly rhinoceros, that is.
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Roald Dahl was and continues to be a beloved children’s author. James and the Giant Peach was one of Dahl’s first and most popular novels for children, and in 1996 it was adapted into a film. Produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi, the film combines live action and stop motion animation elements (it took a whole week to animate one minute of film!) in order to contrast of James’ miserable “real” life with the fantastical adventure he goes on inside the giant peach.
James and the Giant Peach is a scary, warmhearted, and beautiful film for the whole family.
