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Blog Roundup: October 2018

Brave Writer Lifestyle October 2018 Roundup

Welcome to the latest blog roundup! See how other homeschooling families practice the Brave Writer Lifestyle!

4 Simple Ways to Encourage Your Teens to Write – Kay (Heart-to-Heart Homeschooling)

“I first heard about freewriting while going through Julie Bogart’s, The Writer’s Jungle. The concept is simple, but effective. A timer, pen or pencil, and paper can unlock the words within your teen when done consistently.” Read more

An Honest Brave Writer Review From a Former Skeptic – June (This Simple Balance)

“Brave Writer reviews can be extremely polarized and confusing. As a new homeschool mom searching for a unique language arts curriculum, I read them and walked away bewildered, not knowing what to think. So what turned a former skeptic into a Brave Writer enthusiast? Read my honest Brave Writer review to find out.” Read more

Writing and Observing with all of Our Senses – Erin (Nourishing My Scholar)

“Observation is a key component to good writing. With detailed observation skills, our children can describe most anything and have their readers feel as though they are seeing it with their own eyes. Writing and observing can be practiced with Brave Writer’s Keen Observation exercise.” Read more

Why It’s So Hard to Learn to Communicate through Writing – Dachelle (Hide the Chocolate)

“In chapter two of The Writer’s Jungle, Julie Bogart describes the communication game. The communication game is a simple concept – teach your kids to communicate effectively by describing objects in detail. Within this simple premise is a game that had the kids laughing and begging to play more.” Read more

The Scarlet Letter Book Club – A Party School in Contrasts – Dachelle (Hide the Chocolate)

“Light and dark cookies, scarlet punch and illuminated letters were some of the ways my guest writer, Chantelle, and her family celebrated their latest literary adventure, The Scarlet Letter book club.” Read more

Using free-writing to hear what your child wants to say – A Muslim Homeschool

“I want to draw your attention to something that you probably haven’t paid much attention to, and it will blow your mind when you realise it….it did mine! As obvious as it is (when you’re aware) not many of us actually see it until its pointed out (I got my alert from Brave Writer).” Read more

Elementary Writing Prompts are ESSENTIAL for Improving Writing. Find Out Why! – Ashley (The Homeschool Resource Room)

“Brave Writer is our go-to writing program for everything writing. Julie has a gentle but full approach to encouraging young writers as they move through the writing stages.” Read more


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Blog Roundup: September 2018

Brave Writer Lifestyle September 2018 Roundup

Welcome to the latest blog roundup! See how other homeschooling families practice the Brave Writer Lifestyle!

Playing with Language: 10 Ideas for Families – Not Before 7

As part of our Brave Writer Lifestyle, we have embraced the idea of playing with language. It’s made me aware of the many ways we naturally play with words in our home.

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Charlotte’s Web Book Club: A Party School at the Fair – 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.

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Jot It Down Review: More than a Writing Program – The Homeschool Resource Room

I’m happy to share the folowing [sic] Jot It Down review with you. We have been working our way through this program at a slower pace. Giving us time to really dig into the projects and the entire Brave Writer lifestyle.

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How to Incorporate Narration in Everyday Life – Bethany Ishee

Narration is a much-touted practice in the homeschool community, but I’ve found it can seem stuffy and stifling at times. As a result, I’ve looked for ways to incorporate narration into our daily lives so that it can be a natural extension of our life of learning.

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How I Teach Language Arts Using Literature – Homeschooling in the Pines – YouTube video

Today I want to talk to you all about how we use our read-alouds, how we use literature to work on language arts. […] This is my second year using Brave Writer. I use Brave Writer for writing, I use it for reading, I use it for language arts. Brave Writer’s a big, big part of our homeschool.

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Copywork

How to Create an Enchanting Experience with Copywork – Nourishing My Scholar

Copywork. Does it bring up images of the hard schoolmaster making students write lines on a blackboard as a form of punishment? With Brave Writer copywork is so much more.

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How to Use Copywork in Your Homeschool Part 1 – Heart-to-Heart Homeschooling

Using copywork to teach Language Arts respects the natural way children learn. When they copy good writing, they absorb rules of grammar and mechanics, spelling, and more. That doesn’t mean you only use copywork to teach these things, but when used consistently, copywork becomes a significant part of the process.

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Using copywork to develop penmanship, grammar & punctuation…and having fun whilst doing it! – A Muslim Homeschool

I was introduced to the practice of copywork maybe three or four years ago when I stumbled upon the World of Bravewriter [sic], and I’ve been hooked ever since.

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How To Know If You Are Using Copywork And Dictation The Right Way To Teach Language Arts – Hide the Chocolate

If you are a Charlotte Mason homeschooler, then chances are the words copywork and dictation have come up repeatedly in homeschool discussions. The late Charlotte Mason, an educator who inspired an entire homeschool philosophy, advocated copywork and dictation as two of the key components to educating children in language arts. But, what are copywork and dictation and how do you do if you are doing them in the correct way?

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Blog Roundup – August: Language Games

Brave Writer Roundup August 2018 Language Games

Welcome to the latest blog roundup! See how other homeschooling families practice the Brave Writer Lifestyle!

This roundup in particular is special because August is for Language Games here at Brave Writer.

Pooh Picnic ~ The House at Pooh Corner Nature Book Club – Hide the Chocolate

While we were snacking we talked about the book and what we enjoyed. We used The House at Pooh Corner Arrow from Brave Writer during the month. In the Literary Elements sections, fun activities with synonyms are listed. They make a great writing activity. Read more

Playing With Language: Language Arts Games for Middle School – You Really Can Homeschool

There’s this “game” we play now. When my kiddo was little, every time she saw an airplane she would point and shout, “AIRPLANE.” She’s (mostly) gotten over shouting about airplanes, but it’s turned into shouting about language arts. It started with Brave Writer Arrows. They each feature grammar, and a literary element. When we start an Arrow we take note of the grammar and literary element, and look for it throughout the book. When we see/hear it (depending if we’re reading or listening to the audiobook) we shout it out. So if the literary element is alliteration, every time we would hear alliteration in the book we’d shout “ALLITERATION.” Read more

20+ Fantastic Reading and Language Arts Games – My Little Poppies

I’m sharing our family’s favorite reading and language arts games. Playing with language is a huge part of the Brave Writer Lifestyle! These are games that are not only fun, but also boost those all-important literacy, oral language, and written language skills! Read more

Playing with Language Games Your Kids Will Love – Nourishing My Scholar

Did you know that Brave Writer encourages playing with language? Brave Writer understands that there is much to be gained through gameplay rather than always relying on boring workbooks. Playing language games helps my kids with literacy, oral language, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary skills. Plus they are tons of fun and a great addition to our language arts lessons. Read more


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