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Book Reveal Q&A

Brave Writer Book Reveal

It’s our biggest event of the year: The Brave Writer BIG BOOK REVEAL!

What is it? Glad you asked!

Let’s do a little Q&A!

What is the Brave Writer Book Reveal?

It’s a little confetti and a lot of books!

Each year the Brave Writer team selects new book titles for our Mechanics and Literature programs.

Be the first to ooh and ahh over them by joining us LIVE!

What do the Mechanics and Literature programs teach?

The Brave Writer Mechanics and Literature programs teach:

  • grammar
  • punctuation
  • spelling
  • literary devices
  • literary analysis (high school levels)
  • Book Club Party ideas

We use copywork, three types of dictation, and Big Juicy Conversations to help your children have epiphanies about language as they learn to write.

The programs cover the following age groups:

  • Quill (ages 5-7)
  • Dart (ages 8-10)
  • Arrow (ages 11-12)
  • Boomerang (ages 13-14)
  • Slingshot (age 15-18)

Is training available?

Each level comes with Guidelines that explain and supply:

  • how to teach copywork
  • how to teach various forms of dictation to grow your child’s writing and editing skills 
  • how to engage your children in natural conversations about literature
  • sample routines (aka schedules)
  • a skills tracker
  • a weekly planning tool
  • tips for implementation

In addition, the Brave Learner Home community provides training and support for all Brave Writer products, classes, and parenting/education questions. Join us!

Can I use one level for more than one child?

Yes. Each product is a non-consumable PDF. Print as many copies as you need for your family. The various levels are easy to adapt for family-style learning, too. One program—many children.

Adaptations are offered in the Guidelines that come with your program.

One bundle purchase covers your language arts, English, and writing needs for many children!

Is Brave Writer a complete writing and language arts program?

Yes. When you buy a bundle, you will have the three essential components of a complete writing and language arts program. Learn more. Select the bundle that’s right for your family.

Does Brave Writer teach academic writing?

Yes. Our program begins with writing voice and developmentally appropriate writing assignments. Children grow their academic writing skills through these carefully tailored writing projects, which cover all common academic forms and formats, in preparation for college.

Does my child need to take Brave Writer Online classes in addition to using the curricula? 

While Brave Writer classes offer a valuable experience for both parents and students, they are not required to have a complete language arts experience with Brave Writer.

Classes offer extra support and accountability that help many parents get over the hurdle of teaching writing.

If you find that you want to make time to teach writing, but never get around to it, a class will ensure that you keep that commitment to yourself and your kids. It’s the “hand-holding” approach to becoming your child’s best writing coach.

We recommend students take occasional classes for the sheer pleasure of it, or to gain experience meeting deadlines, or to enjoy receiving support and feedback from a trained writing coach.

Have more questions?

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Friday Freewrite: Most likely to…

Friday Freewrite

Which friends and family members would best fit these superlatives (which means “of the highest quality or degree”) and why:

Most likely to…

  • be the life of the party
  • win a bake-off
  • make a speech
  • sing and dance on Broadway
  • become a superhero
  • write an award-winning novel
  • play a professional sport
  • start a band
  • visit Mars
  • _______________ (feel free to make up more)

New to freewriting? Check out our online guide.

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Podcast: Finding Deeper Value Without (and Within) Motherhood with Erin Lane

Brave Writer Podcast

On today’s Brave Writer podcast, we talk about motherhood like you’ve never heard it before!

I have five grown children and two grandchildren (with another on the way), and have been deeply invested in the wellbeing of mothers and motherhood for decades. It feels as if there’s little left to learn in that space for me.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered Erin Lane’s book, Someone Other Than a Mother: Flipping the Scripts on a Woman’s Purpose and Making Meaning Beyond Motherhood, and felt the full richness of myself as a woman, a mother, and a human.

Erin shares from her personal experience as a foster parent and then adoptive mother. She subverts the expectations associated with motherhood and offers women an opportunity to consider the fulness of what it means to be an adult. She explores the “act of mothering” as opposed to the role of “mother” and its power in our social and even political context.

This conversation is going to deepen and enrich your sense of womanhood in ways you could not have imagined.

Show Notes

Resources

  • Erin’s website is: erinslane.com
  • Her Instagram is @heyerinlane
  • Order her book: Someone Other Than a Mother by Erin S. Lane
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Customer Choice Awards!

Brave Writer Customer Choice Awards

We know! It’s hard to pick just ONE favorite Dart, Arrow, Boomerang, or Slingshot from the 2021–2022 year!

They each have so much to offer—sparking dynamic Big Juicy Conversations about writing mechanics, literature, and more.

But we know you can do it!

Spend some time reminiscing with your kids about the year, then cast your vote!

Vote on all four lists or just one—it’s up to you.

Voting is CLOSED.

Here are the winners!

Thanks for helping us select our Customer Choice Award winners!

Tune into the Brave Writer Book Revels on June 1 and 2 to hear the 2022–2023 book selections!

We look forward to another engaging year of learning!


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Sneak Peek: Growing Brave Writers!

Growing Brave Writers

I’ve got a brand new writing manual for you and I can’t wait to tell you about it. Sign up for a webinar where I walk you through all the new wonderful features.

Sign up here. 

Growing Brave Writers is the essential training you need to be the delightful writing coach your children deserve. Implement specific practices and activities that release the writer within your child. End writer’s block!

Growing Brave Writers

Together, you and your kids will: 

  • play games
  • grow a rich vocabulary
  • do research
  • freewrite
  • revise
  • edit
  • polish fiction and nonfiction writing

Each chapter contains:

  • A coaching guide for a writing practice
  • A writing activity with detailed instructions
  • A checklist for completion
  • A sample written narrative of skills mastered

An appendix features:

  • Writing samples for the activities
  • Directions for how to use the program in co-ops and schools
  • A planning model to apply to your calendar

Most programs tell students what to write. We show them how to write.

Nearly a quarter century of breakthroughs in writing with tens of thousands of students from all over the world—this program works!

PRE-SALES open on JUNE 1, 2022.


Growing Brave Writers is a 200+ page PDF file. It’s non-consumable, and applies to students of all ages (5–18). It supports a writer doing any kind of writing, including assignments in other programs or classes, for homeschooled and traditionally schooled students.


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