I love this philosophy! It really hit home when my 2nd grader wasn’t responding well being asked to write anything.
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Julie thinks good writers have something to say even before they learn how to fit it all together. She doesn’t START by teaching how to diagram a sentence, or how to structure a paragraph.
She believes that most writing curriculum focuses too heavily on initially teaching the writing rules to kids, but not how to find the words within. Julie breaks down writing into 3 categories and her products each match one of these stages: That’s how I feel about each nugget of grammar we learn here! Ready to learn more about Brave Writer? Brave Writer’s 3 step process If your kids seem ready for more, Julie further explains closed and open compound nouns (if it’s one word or two)…something I can’t remember EVER learning, and definitely not this hands on. Older kids can do that part or you can write for younger kids. Then you talk about what they are via the Dart, and run around the house looking for objects that are compound nouns (giving the kids hints is welcome too). You might teach about compound nouns by first circling them in that week’s passage (picked from your Dart or Arrow). I’m ok with that because I didn’t retain what I learned long term apparently…and I was an A student!īrave Writer has done what traditional language arts hasn’t… they make everything relevant and interactive.Īn example on how you might cover compound nouns: (Meee!) Be ready to learn grammar and writing mechanics differently than public schoolīrave Writer Darts are pretty opposite of how public school teaches grammar and writing. She is your personal writing coach, teaching you how to teach your kids.Īnd she’ll help you to relax, ha! Since we are all apparently pretty bad at trusting the process. She’s spoken at many homeschool conferences, and is the creator of all Brave Writer curriculum.
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Julie is the author of Brave Learner), professional editor, podcaster for homeschool parents, and veteran homeschool mom of 5 grown children. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. If you are interested in seeing how we use Jot It Down for creative writing, go here. But for simplicity sake, I’m going to talk about “literature/grammar” (Darts/Arrows/Boomerang) separate from the “writing projects” (Jot It Down/Partnership). Naturally, there’s some crossover between them.
When people say they are “doing Brave Writer”, they could be speaking of the age based writing projects OR the literature based language arts program Or both (that’s us!). What is Brave Writer?īrave Writer is a very unique literature based writing and language arts program that goes from kindergarten all the way up to high school.īrave Writer helps kids learn to find their own original thought, and also teaches them the mechanics of writing through great books.
Busy Toddler’s Playing Preschool Curriculum Review.Kindergarten homeschool schedule and curriculum picks 2019-2020.2020-2021 curriculum picks for kindergarten and 1st grade.I also want to mention I paid for this with my own money, and do not get any commission from Brave Writer of any kind if you buy this. I’m hoping this post will give you an idea of what Brave Writer is, how to use the Darts, and how we divide the activities and read alouds each week. This is a new way of doing language arts (for us), and after a rough 1st month of figuring out how to use the Darts, I’m LOVING it! My 8 and 6.5 year old are learning so much in the most organic way language arts could possibly be taught. And I’m sure you are wondering if Brave Writer alone is enough or if you need to supplement for grammar. If you’re new to using the Brave Writer Darts, you probably have a ton of questions like what they are and how to use them.
This year we are using Brave Writer for our language arts as part of our 1st and 2nd grade curriculum picks.
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