I’ve been teaching some aspect of the writing process for over 25 years. Because we homeschool, I get to show…
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Composition, Letter Writing, and Narration
Esbjorn Doing His Homework by Carl Larsson 1912 “I do not think I should ask a child to imitate a…
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On Teaching Homer’s Odyssey
The father of Plutarch had him learn his Homer that he might get heroic ideas of life. Had…
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Laura’s First Composition
Funky ornament found in one of Charlotte Mason’s boxes at the Armitt in Ambleside It is always interesting to come…
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Composition Advice from a Science Book – Language as the Clothing of Thought
Are ideas wanting in your homeschool? If so, you will find composition challenging. Composition starts with oral narration, copy…
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Tools for Writing
Get thy tools ready, God will find the work. -Browning Young Girl Writing A Letter by Jonathan Janson She has…
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Forest for the Trees
The fact that oral language is foundational to all learning was emphasized at our book discussion group a few nights…
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Scintillations From Their Own Genius
As I sat down to plan out some details of our next semester in the new year, I read some…
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Stupid like Thoreau
I’ve been constantly teaching some aspect of the writing process for over 15 years. Because we homeschool, I get to…
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