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 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 00:30:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuHWej2Ai_SlpJTpfXVttXD If you could stop time whenever you wanted and for as long as you wanted, would you do it? Explain your answer. New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:51:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuHWej2Ai_SlpJTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wu1wD6N4azcCqgHTd9OkkKt I remember the day. I’d been asked by many parents over the years to provide an in-depth college-prep research essay class. What to do? Then I saw it: an actual college textbook. Of course!   So Brave Writer’s MLA Research Essay class was made with your college-bound teen in mind. We draw directly from the principles real […]]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:50:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wu1wD6N4azcCqgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wsp_uv-BdiT5slTP0vptTFR Raising a neurodivergent child can be a daunting task, but Debbie Reber knows firsthand how to navigate the journey. As the founder of Tilt Parenting and author of Differently Wired Raising an Exceptional Child in a Conventional World, Debbie shares her personal experience of homeschooling and helping other parents. Her goal is to provide support […]]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:14:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wsp_uv-BdiT5slTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvIkGApuH9NOJu9CxXrVx4c You want to get started with Brave Writer but you’re mid-year. Is it too late? Nope! The time is now! Jump into a semester with Brave Writer: February to June! Give our program a test drive before you shop for next school year! Yes, we know! Curriculum-shopping season is right around the corner! With this […]]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 15:46:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvIkGApuH9NOJu9CxXrVx4c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuGV729vtoQN0ZPHFZJLI3I A small sailboat and a big cruise ship float side by side. How does their conversation go? New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 10:51:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuGV729vtoQN0ZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wt0yrCXNpnpKSoxzwoq1nFt On today’s Brave Writer podcast: Leah Boden is a wife, mother, homeschooler, podcaster, writer, and speaker. She has four children — one who is an adult and the remaining three that are still educated at home. Leah is passionate about bringing learning to life and is committed to modernizing the Charlotte Mason method of education. […]]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:26:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wt0yrCXNpnpKSoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wtnnil09n4fPN5ZnUTwRGH7 Our main website is temporarily down, but our store is still open! Please visit https://store.bravewriter.com/ directly for purchases while we work to update our main Brave Writer site. Thank you for your patience.]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:08:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wtnnil09n4fPN5ZnUTwRGH7 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WseQXJHrh0q0KvLeqE6yv18 Whether “science” or “knitting,” your children are using their minds to think critically and creatively about any subject they encounter. Parents and teachers, however, have decided which subjects are more deserving of absorbed attention than others. Science, we can all agree, is a subject adults consider essential. Knitting? Less so. Yet what does it take […]]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:49:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WseQXJHrh0q0KvLeqE6yv18 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvWLGDFPlGuowC0qH-r7xlT If you could only eat cake or pie for dessert for the rest of your life, which would you choose and why? New to freewriting? Check out our online guide.]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:50:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvWLGDFPlGuowC0qH-r7xlT https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wvjag00tfd7A27fhEn5oRuR Parents often don’t see themselves as educators or coaches to their own children or communities. And yet, that’s exactly what they are — or at least what they aim to be. Coaching is a set of strategies you can use when you want to help someone learn and grow. Our role as parents is to […]]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:39:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wvjag00tfd7A27fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsLiDLNw5RJgHCrAHWlao0B In all your worrying, don’t forget to include worrying about worrying. And if you forget to worry about worrying, maybe worry a bit about that too! “What could that mean? Why am I not a first-class worrier who remembers to worry about the fact that I worry? Does it mean I don’t care? Am I […]]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:21:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsLiDLNw5RJgHCrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvrfbP2rWYLIO4sICfMfkNm The kitchen table and chairs get a fresh, colorful coat of paint. What does the furniture have to say about that? New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2023 09:27:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvrfbP2rWYLIO4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvlRdgEC_tngXCrAHWlao0B I am recording some of my Tea with Julie emails for the podcast for those of you who prefer to listen. These are brief messages of support for parents and educators. If you’d like to receive the weekly emails, they are free. Sign up at bravewriter.com/tea In our attempts to find a philosophy of education that […]]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2023 17:27:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvlRdgEC_tngXCrAHWlao0B https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtJ1AkKhg0RPrG7Iy_4u0x9 A lot depends on you.  This is both good news and bad news. The good news is that you can set the tone, make the choices, create the energy, and foster an environment of peace and learning.  The bad news is that it is up to you to set the tone, make the choices, create […]]]> Tue, 03 Jan 2023 09:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WtJ1AkKhg0RPrG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wv1lLMtc-U6eMfGo0LrnZNO While exploring writing, mechanics, and literary devices, January’s Dart, Arrow, and Boomerang selections demonstrate the power of stories and their ability to entertain, inform, and commemorate. This month’s Quill explores the power of poetry! Play with pitch, voice, volume, and whimsical words while nurturing your child’s early reading, handwriting, and math skills. [This post contains […]]]> Sun, 01 Jan 2023 16:01:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5Wv1lLMtc-U6eMfGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WudmhbypwM2pN3hDS9njgCr Do New Years Resolutions help accomplish goals? Explain why or why not. New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2022 09:26:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WudmhbypwM2pN3hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuYp7iwhffaTWw5Ur-z5Bww Content Warning: The speaker is a Christian and this show features her book that teaches families how to celebrate the liturgical calendar. Bonnie Smith Whitehouse is a Nashville-based professor at Belmont University and writer. She calls herself a pilgrim not only because she loves to walk, wander, and contemplate, but because when she read Annie […]]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:30:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuYp7iwhffaTWw5Ur-z5Bww https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuSd_JNaIlwbnOFESPuQWsX When you read your child’s writing: If you’re bored reading it, your kid was bored writing it. Often, the first line of defense is to work harder on all the externals. We can put up with less than brilliant prose if the grammar, spelling, and punctuation are accurate, right? BEWARE. Poor writing can’t be bandaged […]]]> Mon, 26 Dec 2022 11:07:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WuSd_JNaIlwbnOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvIyENMMoWBpem6srrLMsqK We at Brave Writer wish you all the best during this holiday season! In these upcoming days as this year draws to a close, we hope you are able to slow the pace of your everyday life and savor the beauty of family. The staff of Brave Writer will also be slowing the pace a […]]]> Sun, 25 Dec 2022 09:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WvIyENMMoWBpem6srrLMsqK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsDN9HgPYyo_eGrEXdXG_66 Describe what it’s like to wait. New to freewriting? Check out our online guide]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:26:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/7OFLLptB5WsDN9HgPYyo_eGrEXdXG_66