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Archive for July, 2019
Make Grammar Work for YOU, not the Other Way Around!
How to Build a Sandcastle:
- Gather 2 cubic feet of sand, free of debris
- Acquire a small blue pail and a purple 9-inch shovel
- Determine your water source and proximity to building site (beware of tides)
- Mix water and sand to the ratio of…
Wait… isn’t this how you learned? Of course not!
As parents, we know that despite certain “rules” to building a sandcastle, kids just need to get their hands dirty. Experiment. Play.
As homeschoolers, we know that kids play to learn. We encourage them to learn organically! Except, I’ve noticed, when it comes to GRAMMAR.
When it comes to teaching grammar, we often stick hard and fast by the rules. In fact, we’ve been so ingrained with the rule-based system that we don’t even know HOW to play with grammar anymore.
That’s why our Groovy Grammar Workshop is so popular! Families come to us for that playful connection to organic learning.
- Kids discover patterns and relationships between words that make the ‘rules’ true.
- Instead of sentence diagramming, we play! Like building sandcastles—with words!
- Words spring to life in fresh ways, which makes kids curious about grammar.
- What they learn this summer shapes grammatical understanding for the year ahead.
The best part? The whole family gets enrolled in this class for one low price!
Your child isn’t sitting alone at a computer or with a workbook memorizing grammar rules. Activities are done all together as a family, then you, the parent, check in with our writing coach at your convenience.
You can even do it at the beach!
Take your kids on a vacation from rule-based language arts! It’s the season for learning in a playful, experimental way.
Join us in Groovy Grammar Workshop!
Find out how our online classes work (including instructions on how to log in to our sample classroom) here.
Boomerang Book Club: August 2019
Whether you’re taking a trip this summer or staying close to home, your kids can go on the ultimate adventure with our August Boomerang Book Club selection: THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien.
It doesn’t get more epic than this! Fantasy is ‘all the rage’ in teen literature— but this is a bonafide classic you’ll be thrilled to add to your teen’s list.
Plus class tuition includes a free copy of the Boomerang guide based on the book.
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The lives of all Middle Earth lie in the balance as Bilbo Baggins joins a rag-tag company of dwarves to reclaim the Arkenstone from the mighty dragon, Smaug. Enter dramatic encounters with giant spiders, wizards, and goblins. (As well as the faithful, conniving and ever-present Golum! Love him or hate him!)
Teens get full-on obsessed with Tolkien’s world. Are you ready? Pick up the book, sign up for the Boomerang Book Club, and make it ‘the summer they read The Hobbit’! After class, they can go on to watch the movies and devour Middle Earth lore.
A rich array of experiences await!
Arrow Book Club: August 2019
Got big readers at home this summer, devouring library books one by one? We’ve got a way to make those books last a little longer! A book club!
Save yourself the hassle of hosting though! We’ve got it all laid out for you.
Log in to the Brave Writer classroom and find:
- enthusiastic conversationalists—all reading the same book
- thought-provoking questions and discussion points
- exposure to diverse opinions, new friends to be made!
- a writing coach moderating the discussion and providing activities
- opportunities to dig deep in the parts of the book that fascinated them
All you need to do is provide the snacks!
Plus class tuition includes a free copy of the Arrow guide based on the book.
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Next up in our Arrow Book Club (ages 9-12) is a favorite: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien!
The story centers on an unusual group of rats with the ability to solve even the most puzzling problems—and a mouse with a perplexing problem to solve. With the threat of the farmer’s plow looming, Mrs. Frisby must find a way to keep her son, Timothy, warm and safe while he recovers from his illness. Can the extraordinary Rats of NIMH help her?
Here’s our little secret. Our book clubs are a wonderful sneaky way to draw out the writer. They think they’re chatting with new friends online. You know they’re gearing up for September!
Friday Freewrite: Place
Choose one of the following places and freewrite there about anything that comes to mind.
- Sit under a table.
- Lounge on a trampoline.
- Climb into a tree.
- Float in a pool.
- Swing in a hammock.
- Write under the covers with a flashlight.
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