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Finding Homeschool Help with Speech Therapy
Do you have a child who struggles with writing, or communication? Perhaps it's time to find help from a speech therapist. Discover how.
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A Homeschool Writing Curriculum that Takes the Fear Out of Writing
For years now I’ve been telling you that writing is a struggle in our homeschool. Each year I set off to find the perfect homeschool writing solution to help my son get over the fear of writing. But today, I’m not going to tell you about the struggle. Why? Because we’ve finally solved the problem and taken the fear out of homeschool writing. Yes! You read that right. We’ve finally found the best solution to help my son go from a reluctant, hesitant, and sometimes angry writer, to a willing participant in the writing process. I received this product for free and am being fairly compensated for my time in…
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Fantasy Story Creative Writing Prompts for Teens Who Love Adventure Video Games
In my home, creative writing is the most difficult subject. My son simply doesn’t enjoy the process. Over the years I’ve come to understand that for him to find value in the process he needs to feel like it’s relevant to his way of thinking. He needs to know that it’s valuable to his own interests. Which is why Fantasy Story Prompts are helpful. This post contains affiliate advertisement links to 3rd party sites. I don’t know about your kids, but mine is fascinated with fantasy adventure video games. The games where the player is taken through a fantastical adventure, unlocking clues as they interact with fictional characters along the…
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Homeschool Writing Curriculum with Real World Application
I’ve struggled for years to get my son to write. I mean, he knows how to write, but he doesn’t like writing, the writing process or even coming up with ideas for writing. It really doesn’t matter if it’s a topic he enjoys or not. The idea of putting his thoughts into written form has always been difficult. This has been the struggle regardless of the variety of writing curriculum I’ve chosen in the past. Over the years I’ve tried many things to introduce writing outside the curriculum box. This post contains affiliate ad links to 3rd party sites where products purchased may result in paid compensation for this blogger.…
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How to Solve a Pre-Teen’s Creative Writing Struggle
The Creative Writing Struggle Disclosure: I received these products for free to share with you how I am solving my pre-teen’s creative writing struggle, and I am being compensated for my time. All opinions about Rainbowresource.com are my own and I gladly share them with you because they are my go-to resource for all things educational supplies for homeschoolers. It’s no secret that my pre-teen young man is not a fan of creative writing. It’s been a struggle between he and myself from the earliest of homeschooling days. Each summer, I search high and low for a solution to this problem and by 8-10 weeks into school, I’m ready to…
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5 Tips for Teaching Creative Writing
When Writing is Too Boring Teaching writing to a child who thinks that the act of writing his thoughts down is too time consuming and boring makes for struggle in the homeschool classroom. After all, not only is writing a requirement in our school districtbut it is essential to a well-rounded human. Isn’t it? But how do you teach creative writing in homeschool when it’s such a struggle? The reality is our approach to writing tends to be the approach we were taught when we were learning. But writing doesn’t have to look like that. In fact, most authors and professional writers don’t write like that. In our modern…
