Follow A Brave Writer’s Life in Brief, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/a-brave-writers-life-in-brief Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:04:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvI07RLTRLbA5ONpYks2fGs Brave Writer is hiring! We’re looking for people from diverse backgrounds to join our creative and talented team of writing coaches.  Brave Writer is passionate about alternative education and serving families from diverse communities. If you share this passion and would like to supplement your income with part-time work from home, consider working with us! Job […]]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:26:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvI07RLTRLbA5ONpYks2fGs https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsAdPKwxWoUIMlTP0vptTFR Homeschooling is a performance of love between family members over a sustained, daily, intimate period of years, led by a parent who puts relationship ahead of books. At the heart of it all: relationship. Why do we educate our kids? So they will build better relationships—with the subjects they study, with the people they meet, […]]]> Mon, 20 Sep 2021 09:52:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsAdPKwxWoUIMlTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wse8DgDsHxPZuQEmsPXZ5C9 If cats ruled the world, what laws would they make for humans? (And feel free to pick a different creature than cats, like skunks or bluebirds or ants, etc.) New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:21:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wse8DgDsHxPZuQEmsPXZ5C9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvkhHFC6Cz43YMOI2eu70Rg How do we get our kids to do what we want them to do? What we need them to do?  To homeschool well, don’t we need a certain number of problems in math, at least a minimal amount of reading each day, and a bit of writing, so we’ll have papers that show their progress? […]]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:17:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvkhHFC6Cz43YMOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Ws7r6I9w5vK_2Fk24e89-qg One of the most important parts of your writing program is helping your children find a reason to talk to you. So be present. Pay attention. Give feedback that shows you were listening (don’t shush, control, or revise the output; receive it). Talk, talk, talk. The most important part of your writing program is giving […]]]> Mon, 13 Sep 2021 09:48:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Ws7r6I9w5vK_2Fk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wt5dGtKW3xvh4MOI2eu70Rg Write from the perspective of a villain named Writer’s Block, and describe the evil tactics used on unsuspecting writers. New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:20:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wt5dGtKW3xvh4MOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuZIZB40hmu-OQEmsPXZ5C9 Let go! Declare this week as “getting it wrong on purpose” week. Push boundaries. Break rules. Make messes. Play. Open the space for creativity, not just accuracy. All the teaching you want to do is possible when children know the space is safe for risk-taking. You can make the mess outside on the deck, if […]]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2021 09:46:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuZIZB40hmu-OQEmsPXZ5C9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wu0k0IJofUV87DXWBZfdr71 The word “best” as an adjective means “excelling all others.” With that in mind, is it possible then to have more than one “best” friend? Explain why or why not. New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:14:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wu0k0IJofUV87DXWBZfdr71 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtucY3VU8FKs-m6srrLMsqK Did you miss an episode from the seventh season of the Brave Writer Podcast? Did you want to listen to an episode again? Not to worry! Here are the episodes from season seven of the podcast in one convenient place so that you can listen (or re-listen) to them whenever you want. Tune in to the […]]]> Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:36:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtucY3VU8FKs-m6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WumjdJZ6kJbqmFk24e89-qg Are you ready for adventure? This month’s Dart, Arrow, Boomerang, and Slingshot circle the globe to bring you dynamic characters, poignant plot twists, famous stories, and settings you’re not likely to forget, all as a means of exploring: writing, mechanics, and literary devices. [This post contains Amazon affiliate links. When you click on those links to make purchases, Brave Writer receives […]]]> Wed, 01 Sep 2021 10:03:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WumjdJZ6kJbqmFk24e89-qg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuXbR6MWVRK5-QEmsPXZ5C9 As home educators, we give our children the gift of valuing their growth—without grades, without measurements. We do this because we believe their success as people doesn’t depend on being better than others, but being the best people they can be. When I sat with Peter Elbow, my writing mentor, in his Seattle apartment downtown, […]]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 09:43:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuXbR6MWVRK5-QEmsPXZ5C9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsWnVWE6OrMjbb9ICM-PHur What’s a superpower you would NOT want because it’s too scary? That is the one you now have! Describe what it’s like getting used to it. New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:08:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsWnVWE6OrMjbb9ICM-PHur https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Ws8hW1uKbuPaa8qfTAM-Smm Here’s the next installment of our ongoing series where we share testimonies of some who’ve been transformed by their online class experience with Brave Writer. Enjoy! Brave Writer parent, Rebekah, writes: I can NOT recommend the Brave Writer classes enough if you have a reluctant writer. We signed Zoë up for the Middle School Writing Projects class […]]]> Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Ws8hW1uKbuPaa8qfTAM-Smm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsU_ICGqhDbjiRFMxTa8z4W Let’s not assign motives to our children’s actions. Kids might be rushed, distracted, or trying so hard not to spill the milk, they spill it! Be open to the possibility that children are eager to please us, just as we’re eager to make them happy. Guilty. I can remember the times I let my frustration […]]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:37:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsU_ICGqhDbjiRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtVkKh9HP0iGFhGNgNo2_0q Write a story using L-O-N-G words like these: Magnanimous: courageously noble; unselfish. Parsimonious: economical; frugal. Accoutrements: accessories. Inconsequential: meaningless; not important. Incomprehensibility: impossible to comprehend or understand. Sesquipedalian: characterized by long words; long-winded Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: one of the longest words in the English dictionary and its definition is fear of long words! BONUS: Honorificabilitudinitatibus is from […]]]> Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:24:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtVkKh9HP0iGFhGNgNo2_0q https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtHgxad3x4hljHgrmwRGUK6 Ah the big bugaboo: Video Games! Should we regulate them? Allow them? Play them with our kids? Do they have any educational bang for their buck at all? How can I know if the research I read about them is reliable? In other words: Help! We get these questions every single day—video games rank as […]]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:34:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtHgxad3x4hljHgrmwRGUK6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wu_d7_mqj-Ep9KEpFgimKzx It’s not hard to inspire children. They thrive under a certain condition. The condition is as follows: Admire your kids. It’s really that simple. Your children want you to love them, sure. But they especially want you to know them for who they are. They thrive when you admire their competence. They strive when you […]]]> Mon, 16 Aug 2021 09:27:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wu_d7_mqj-Ep9KEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsiJNlLyXNIgbG7Iy_4u0x9 Make two lists: the first for things you need permission to do and the second for things you don’t need permission to do. Which list is longer? Are there any items you’d like to move from one list to the other? If so, explain your reason(s). New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 13 Aug 2021 09:26:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsiJNlLyXNIgbG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtTql30Nx3RqXKSkciKEY1s Let’s discuss a specific essential skill that Brave Writer can help you tick off your list. It’s the heart of a successful expository essay: a good thesis statement!  A thesis statement is the risky claim a writer aims to prove in an essay. A strong thesis statement: Identifies a risky proposition Implies a counter-thesis Clarifies or […]]]> Thu, 12 Aug 2021 17:47:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtTql30Nx3RqXKSkciKEY1s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvODFbatxj9frb9ICM-PHur Today, instead of looking for what’s missing, turn away from your fantasy homeschool vision. Notice reality. Make a list of all the things that go right today. I talked about the danger of idealism in homeschool at this time of year on IGTV on Friday (check the grid). It’s easy to get seduced by the […]]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:29:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvODFbatxj9frb9ICM-PHur