Homeschool Writing Curriculum Articles

Homeschooling moms should be commended for their dedication to the education of their children and the involvement in their children's lives. Whether you are new to homeschooling or have been homeschooling for a few years, each step brings up more questions about how to homeschool. What do I do now? How do I handle this? I want the best for my children, but what is the best way to teach them? The Write Foundation has compiled some insightful answers to some common questions about how to homeschool. Some answers come from personal experience while some are from other experienced homeschool families and other trusted homeschool resources. Read on to find answers to some of YOUR common questions.

Category: Writing Development

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Why Students Should Hand Write Their Notes
April 16, 2025CategoriesWriting Development

Why Students Should Hand Write Their Notes

The article suggests that students should handwrite their notes because it improves memory retention, learning, brain connectivity, and also influences brain development.

Correcting Run-on Sentences

Correcting Run-on Sentences

The article explains that run-on sentences, which are two or more sentences written as one, can be corrected by using correct punctuation, adding compound or subordinate conjunctions, blending sentences together, using a combination of these methods, or separating sentences with a semi-colon, depending on their context and the presented information's continuity.

How Does Skipping the Writing Process Affect your Writing?

How Does Skipping the Writing Process Affect your Writing?

Why spend all that time brainstorming, outlining, and pre-writing? Many student writers think they are speeding up the writing process by not brainstorming and or not outlining. Many student writers attempt to quickly write a paragraph in one “easy” step and fail. Many student writers become discouraged because they do not understand how to easily write better papers.

Teaching Essay Writing
July 18, 2013CategoriesWriting Development

Teaching Essay Writing

Are you overwhelmed with the idea of teaching formal essay writing? Even when using some highly rated homeschool writing curriculum, many homeschooling moms are overwhelmed when they attempt to teach formal writing that prepares students for high school writing and college level writing.

Teaching a Writing System to your Homeschooler
July 18, 2013CategoriesWriting Development

Teaching a Writing System to your Homeschooler

Why do so many students hate to write? Why do many homeschool moms fear teaching writing? Why can’t you just give your students a topic and say “just write the way you talk” or “write what you feel”? Creative writing can be fun, so why does formal writing cause panic?

How to Teach Essay Writing
July 18, 2013CategoriesWriting Development

How to Teach Essay Writing

Don't just throw your homeschooled-student into formal essay crafting. Focus on sentence structure and basic  paragraph composition before moving to more complicated formal essay composition.  Are you a competent essay writer? Even if you know how to write an essay, chances are you are dreading the coming years of teaching homeschool writing.

Developing Writing Skills
July 18, 2013CategoriesWriting Development

Developing Writing Skills

What do you do when your child fights you when you try to teach them how to write? Why do students struggle writing essays? Is there a way to teach paragraph and essay writing that is not so overwhelming for students and teachers? Will your students ever master high school and college level essay writing? Many children shut down and refuse to work.

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