A few months ago I shared some of Moozle's written narrations inspired by Plutarch. Since then she has continued to do a written narration once or twice a week and has branched out a little from the letter form she started with.The first one here is still in letter form but was inspired after our … Continue reading Ambleside Online Year 3 – Shakespeare, Plutarch & Poetic Narration
Writing Skills
Encouraging Children to Write – Late Readers
I've been asked at various times what I've done to get my children writing and whether there's a need to use resources to help in the writing process if you are following Charlotte Mason's educational ideas. What I've written here is my own personal experience: what has worked with my own children; what I've learned … Continue reading Encouraging Children to Write – Late Readers
Preparing Homeschoolers for University/College Writing
It's been interesting to see how my children have coped with learning at a tertiary level when they've had no experience of institutional schooling. One of the first questions we were asked when people knew we were going to teach our children ourselves was, 'What about university?' Someone quizzed me about this when my eldest … Continue reading Preparing Homeschoolers for University/College Writing
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