Writing Rockstars Blog
We want to make homeschooling your kids easier for you.
Browse through our articles, written by our professional teachers, to get loads of tips and resources for a happy and productive homeschool.
We also share sample essays from our online writing program in our student showcase posts and occasionally share resources from our homeschool writing curriculum.
Happy reading!
Ah, confidence. That can be so elusive sometimes.
As a parent, you know you’re the voice inside your child’s head. What does that voice say to them? It’s a huge responsibility. We all want the best for our kids. We all want to raise, strong, confident, successful adults.
You can teach a skill or a...
When I was a middle school teacher in the late 1990’s, we had a lot of time-consuming staff meetings after school. I don’t remember any of them. Except for one.
It was a meeting with a presentation about maintaining your “mental hygiene.”
Mental hygiene?! What on earth was that? That term cracked ...
It's difficult to know exactly how and when to give feedback to your young budding writers at home.
How do you help teens with writing, without taking over and putting too much of yourself into it?
You want to support your kids and guide them to be good writers. That’s not going to happen if you w...
There are all sorts of homeschooling styles out there. But what does that mean, really?
And of all the so-called homeschool styles out there, what's right for your family?
Wouldn’t it be great if there was a 10-minute quiz you could take somewhere to find out? It could be like that old "What Color...
“I HATE math!!”
“I HATE reading!!”
“I CAN’T do it!”
Tears, crying, head on the desk. Anger.
Certain subjects aren’t our kids’ strong suit. That’s ok. But out of the blue, they come out with an adamant, total resistance to a certain type of lesson or subject.
What is going on? How did it come to th...
Do you enjoy doing goal setting activities? I do, especially when they’re done with friends. Vision boards were my personal favorite. But nobody has enough print magazines in their homes for that anymore.
A new term for new year’s resolutions is new year’s intentions. That term makes you feel like le...
It’s so hard to tell your kids they didn’t do well on a test or assignment. It’s one of the toughest things about teaching.
They put a lot of effort into it, they did their best, but their work missed the mark. Their answers were wrong. The homeschool learning goal wasn’t met.
And you’ve got to si...
