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• ▼ 2013 (43)
• • ► May (9)
  • • 6 compare and contrast essay topics
    • Noun and pronoun variation
    • Bicycle writing prompts for National Bike Month
    • 2013 Teach Them Diligently and NCHE Homeschool Conventions
    • Celebrating Children's Book Week
    • 10 Mother's Day writing prompts
    • Taming the Cluttered Writing Monster
    • More Mother’s Day writing activities
    • Printable Writing Prompt for May
  • ► April (14)
  • • 2013 Teach Them Diligently & Homeschool Book Fair Conventions
    • How to write time capsule letters
    • Journal prompts for cat-loving kids
    • SHEM and MassHOPE Homeschool Conferences: April 2013
    • 7 tips for teaching free verse poetry
    • Homeschoolers, copyright, & consumable workbooks
    • 22 writing prompts that jog childhood memories
    • Poem in Your Pocket Day 2013
    • Product review: All About Spelling {and giveaway!}
    • Descriptive essay prompts for middle schoolers
    • Helping your child write thank you notes
    • MidWest Parent Educators Conference: April 2013
    • Printable writing prompt for April
    • April foolishness for punsters
  • ► March (9)
  • • The heart of Easter: 4 meaningful writing prompts
    • Help your child get published in a magazine
    • WriteShop's 2013 homeschool conference schedule
    • Fresh spring writing prompts your kids will love
    • Review & Giveaway: Little Pilgrim's Progress
    • What's your viewpoint? 5 writing prompts for opinion essays
    • Essay writing: Using direct quotes
    • Printable writing prompt for March
    • 5 fabulous ways to close letters and emails
  • ► February (6)
  • • Homeschooling through crisis or depression
    • Brrr! Writing prompts from the top of Big Snow Mountain
    • 3 ways to spice up post-field trip assignments
    • Imagine if.... Whimsical journal prompts for knights and fair maidens
    • Encouraging your child to brainstorm
    • Is your high schooler ready for college?
  • ► January (5)
  • • Another Birthday Bash Giveaway
    • Just say no {to that extra space}
    • Self-editing: Dealing with common spelling errors
    • Building confidence in reluctant writers
    • WriteShop's 12th Birthday Celebration!
• ► 2012 (73)
• • ► December (5)
  • • 12 favorite posts from 2012
    • The magic of 3
    • 6 Christmas journal prompts that make writing merrier!
    • 10 tips for improving your child's reading skills
    • Christmas writing activity...with a compassionate twist
  • ► November (5)
  • • Synonym bingo
    • Free writing games! {and a WriteShop coupon}
    • 5 {fun} Thanksgiving writing prompts
    • 10 ways to reduce writing stress
    • Writing distractions: That pesky “person from Porlock”
  • ► October (6)
  • • Grammar skills your kids must learn
    • It just gets punnier!
    • Are you turning your child off to writing?
    • Why active verbs trump "to be" verbs
    • WriteShop Junior Book D - Review and Giveaway
    • 3 reasons teens should read before writing
  • ► September (6)
  • • Creating a historical newspaper
    • RAK report - and a winner!
    • 5 top vocabulary-building apps
    • Model writing through conversation
    • Kim's birthday giveaway: RAK to win a WriteShop package!
    • 12 back-to-school writing prompts
  • ► August (7)
  • • 2000 Facebook fans {and a great freebie}
    • WriteShop Special: This week only!
    • 4 tips for writing college-application essays
    • Journaling: Moving beyond "Dear Diary"
    • Choosing a writing program for teens
    • Choosing an elementary writing program
    • 4 art-inspired writing projects
  • ► July (4)
  • • Writing ideas for the unstructured homeschool classroom
    • 4 things you're {already} doing to raise a writer
    • Tickle your punny bone
    • Motivating young writers with author success stories
  • ► June (6)
  • • July 4th writing prompts
    • Summer fun: Online grammar and word games!
    • WriteShop Summer Special
    • 5 summer writing activities from Pinterest
    • 2012 Washington Homeschool Convention - Puyallup
    • Overcoming the {writing} procrastinator within
  • ► May (10)
  • • Paint chip stories
    • 5 tips that help teens hone their writing
    • NCHE Homeschool Convention: May 2012
    • California Homeschool Convention: May 2012
    • The pain of grading writing
    • 4 tips for teaching the strong-willed writer
    • Home School Book Fair 2012: Arlington, TX
    • Mother's Day writing activities
    • On children's books and growing a reader
    • Using our senses: A descriptive writing lesson
  • ► April (11)
  • • 5 ways to use narration with pre-writers
    • Poem in Your Pocket Day - April 26
    • Poetry links and resources
    • Spring Special
    • 6 tips to strengthen your writing
    • Experiencing poetry with children
    • Build skills with puzzles and word games
    • WriteShop Twitter Party
    • 4 ways to celebrate National Poetry Month
    • Pet peeves, apostrophes, and plural family names
    • Writing a "never poem"
  • ► March (6)
  • • Publishing with flap books
    • Hope for your struggling writer
    • Book report sandwich
    • 5 stages of storytelling
    • Do you misuse or misspell these five words or phrases?
    • Taking the tears out of editing
  • ► February (1)
  • • Editing tools for young writers
  • ► January (6)
  • • 5 publishing ideas for non-crafty kids
    • 10 writing truths for teens
    • Friendly letter boogie
    • 8 writing ideas from Pinterest
    • The “writing well”
    • Of homeschool blogs and conferences
• ► 2011 (68)
• • ► December (4)
  • • 12 Days of Christmas - A gift a day!
    • 25% off Christmas StoryBuilders writing prompts
    • Anyone want to buy a vowel?
    • Writing a holiday “how-to” paragraph
  • ► November (7)
  • • Household Tip #47: Wash in coleslaw
    • Encouraging thankfulness: Part 2
    • Encouraging thankfulness: Part 1
    • 1000 fans giveaway winners!
    • Not so great
    • 1000 fans: It's giveaway time!
    • Writing activity centers: Part 4
  • ► October (5)
  • • WriteShop Junior Book D winner
    • Writing activity centers: Part 3
    • WriteShop Junior Book D giveaway!
    • Writing activity centers: Part 2
    • Literacy fail
  • ► September (3)
  • • Writing activity centers: Part 1
    • Modeling the brainstorming process
    • Speak it, describe it, write it!
  • ► July (7)
  • • Valley Home Educators Convention 2011 - Modesto, CA
    • Describing a place: An imaginary land
    • 5 ideas for summer writing fun
    • AFHE Homeschool Convention 2011 - Phoenix
    • 8 commonly misused words
    • 2011 CHEA Convention - Pasadena, CA
    • Independence Day (and summer fun) word bank
  • ► June (7)
  • • Bright Ideas Press Facebook Party!
    • Awsome decorating
    • The question of quotation marks
    • WHO Convention 2011 - Puyallup, Washington
    • Modeling and teaching writing
    • Waiting for fruit
    • On being a "women"
  • ► May (9)
  • • 4 ways to promote reading at home
    • Homeschool conventions 2011: Florida and NC
    • Where's the beaf?
    • When writing efforts fizzle
    • Schoolhouse Expo 2011 - Teaching the timed essay
    • 4 benefits of writing warm-ups
    • Should outside classes be part of your homeschool?
    • Helping children write about a favorite memory
    • An "intellgent" post
  • ► April (9)
  • • Grammar is so overrated . . .
    • Sping is here!
    • Kim Kautzer talks about writing
    • PowerPoint: A great tool for reluctant writers
    • WriteShop Junior book covers: Everything's a process!
    • The "Looks Like" Game
    • Brainstorming: Traveling with a plan
    • Homophones at risk
    • Conversation Journals
  • ► March (5)
  • • WriteShop's homeschool conference schedule: 2011
    • Apostrophe alterations needed
    • Springtime: The perfect time for a rebirth of writing goals
    • 9 tips to conquering the blank page
    • A cat weighs in on word walls
  • ► February (3)
  • • Putting a positive spin on editing
    • Speakable Gifts writing contest for children
    • It's Never Too Early: Developing College-Level Writing Skills in High School
  • ► January (9)
  • • 7 ways to introduce writing genres
    • Tips for writing across the curriculum
    • This shoer is bad spelling
    • 10 favorite apps for language arts
    • Enhanced learning . . . or busy work?
    • Helping reluctant writers embrace the process
    • As seen in the skool hallway
    • In Our Write Minds: 2010 in review
    • Out with the old, in so many words
• ► 2010 (152)
• • ► December (7)
  • • Epic! 2011 list of banished words goes viral
    • Creative Christmas letters
    • Mama said there'd be days like this...
    • 'Tis the season to abandon spelling rules
    • We'll always have to edit
    • Build a strong reading foundation
    • Your vs. you're: It's an epidemic
  • ► November (12)
  • • Christmas carol haikus
    • Do I really need a writing curriculum?
    • Thankful in so many words
    • Small Business Saturday 2010
    • Grammar lesson, Humphrey Bogart style
    • English is confusing
    • Happy Thankgivening
    • I'm nominated!
    • 30 days of gratitude
    • If one is good, two must be better
    • Making an ABC book
    • NaNoWriMo – Are your pencils sharpened?
  • ► October (11)
  • • Helping your high schooler with writing
    • Perfect time to write
    • Hopscotch: Practice adding story details
    • Frustrations of teaching writing
    • What’s your favorite part of writing?
    • Polish and polish some more
    • Helping your 5th-8th grader with writing
    • Sentence-building game
    • Bad spelling since 1981
    • Helping your 3rd-5th grader with writing
    • News flash! Kids hate to self-edit
  • ► September (8)
  • • What a difference an "L" makes
    • Helping your K-2nd grader with writing
    • This is not butter
    • Plagiarism: Committing literary theft
    • Avoiding common usage errors in the English language
    • Him and I need some help...
    • Costume Closet: Fun for young writers
    • In generaral need of spell check
  • ► August (12)
  • • Free class: "Ten Stumbling Blocks to Writing"
    • Do you have a reluctant writer?
    • Warding off writing fears
    • Sonbeams interviews Kim Kautzer
    • Fall Schoolhouse Expo 2010
    • Masters of punctuation
    • Inspire writing with old-fashioned joy
    • A man, a plan, and a Sharpie
    • Writing for an audience
    • Bringing order and logic into the language
    • Same story, different twist
    • Propaganda holder
  • ► July (11)
  • • CHN Family Expo 2010 - Ontario, CA
    • Why do writers write?
    • 100-word stories
    • Punctuation deliverys needed
    • Ode to the reluctant writer
    • Making a home for oneself
    • How is a writer like a spelunker?
    • Where are they now?
    • I'll have the nuchos, please
    • From the mouths of babes: Pre-literacy writing
    • An Independence Day word bank
  • ► June (17)
  • • In-correct punctuation mark's, anyone?
    • Choosing correct ending punctuation
    • Editing and evaluating writing: 4-6th grade
    • How Twitter makes you a better writer
    • Using questions, prompts, and dialogues
    • Write bravely
    • WriteShop and the 6 Traits of Effective Writing
    • College prep: Focus on key writing skills
    • Translation error
    • Editing and evaluating writing: K-3rd grade
    • More puns, please
    • The reality
    • Summertime: No excuse for chaos
    • Intro to editing and evaluating writing
    • Is your child a budding novelist?
    • Street signs don't have spell check
    • Beating the Summertime Blues
  • ► May (11)
  • • Better to write twaddle...
    • We've got (more) mail!
    • Free homeschooling resources from TOS Magazine
    • Newspaper bloopers
    • A murder of crows: Fun with collective nouns
    • Ideas for expanding writing vocabulary
    • Finger posts
    • FAQ: Teaching spelling
    • Spelling isn't on the menu
    • Oh, deer: English language silliness
    • Describing a food: The good, the bad, and the ugly
  • ► April (16)
  • • Making "A Book About Me"
    • Word pictures
    • Students are ill-prepared for college-level writing
    • Garden verse poetry contest
    • EXPO ticket giveaway winners!
    • The little problem of . . . apostrophe's?
    • Schoolhouse EXPO ticket giveaway!
    • Teaching writing conventions
    • 5 tips for writing concisely
    • Spring word bank
    • You must write it
    • Key to the grammar quiz
    • Do you need a grammar brush-up?
    • Concrete writing: A descriptive feast for the senses
    • Central Coast Home Education Conference - April 10, 2010
    • Misspellers' sanctuary?
  • ► March (14)
  • • Lost in translation
    • Spring writing activities
    • A miraculous feeling of words
    • Where's Kim?
    • Guaranteed . . . in writing
    • Book review: All About Homophones
    • Schoolhouse Expo 2010 - Virtual homeschool conference
    • On revising
    • Haiku contest winners
    • Purim for Punsters
    • Comma splice errors: An object lesson
    • The "best" of bad signage
    • What does your writing reveal about you?
    • Writing a haiku poem
  • ► February (14)
  • • Words Matter Week - March 1-7
    • A process of discovery
    • Choosing vocabulary to describe a place
    • Berry bad spelling
    • 26 golden rules for writing well
    • Help your child plan a funny story
    • 5 writing tips for kids
    • The breathings of your heart
    • Valentine mailboxes
    • Helping kids find an audience for their writing
    • Recipe for writing a paragraph
    • Spelling repair needed
    • Writing math poetry
    • WriteShop Primary: More help with choosing a starting level
  • ► January (19)
  • • Homeschool writer of the year competition
    • Prizes, drawings, and more - oh, my!
    • Say What You Mean Convention coming Feb. 3
    • Book reviews: Betsy-Tacy and Betsy-Tacy and Tib
    • Words matter
    • On-the-job writing skills are more important than ever
    • Incredible homeschool sale benefits a family in need!
    • Adjectives in a series: Commas or no commas?
    • Bakery blunders
    • Winner of our 10 Stumbling Blocks drawing!
    • A recipe for writing fun
    • The trick to finding the balance
    • What you really want to say
    • 13 warning signs of a bad poetry contest
    • Stumbling block #10 - Learning challenges
    • Writing with your little ones
    • No grander the second time around
    • Winter blues? Jumpstart your homeschooling in 2010
    • Stumbling block #9 - What's the point?
• ► 2009 (86)
• • ► December (15)
  • • Owed to the spell checker
    • 10 stumbling blocks drawing - will you win the prize?
    • Christmas wishes
    • O Come, O Come
    • Writing with lists
    • Stumbling block #8 - Parental criticism
    • Marry Christnos!
    • Brrrr! A winter word bank!
    • Stumbling block #7 - Procrastination
    • Writing a Christmas cinquain poem
    • Christmas word banks, part 2: Ho, ho, ho!
    • Stumbling block #6 - Laziness
    • The 5 Ws of Christmas?
    • Sharp sign
    • Christmas word banks, part 1: Jesus is born
  • ► November (13)
  • • Our winners!
    • Stumbling block #5: Perfectionism
    • This our hymn of grateful praise
    • Thanksgiving acrostic #2: I am thankful
    • Black Friday Sale
    • Stumbling block #4 – Limited writing vocabulary
    • Creating a writing center
    • Thanksgiving special
    • Stumbling block #3 - Lack of motivation
    • Stumbling block #2 – Lack of skills and tools
    • Yoda strikes again
    • More Thanksgiving writing ideas
    • Stumbling block #1 - Lack of confidence
  • ► October (10)
  • • 10 stumbling blocks to writing
    • Blog kudos for In Our Write Minds!
    • The joy of writing
    • Trouble in the cone zone
    • Introducing WriteShop Primary Book C
    • Fall- and Thanksgiving-themed word banks
    • Interview with author Nancy I. Sanders
    • Why didn't I think of this?
    • From the mouths of babes...
    • No smoking food
  • ► September (4)
  • • Writing across the curriculum with WriteShop II
    • Essay writing: Developing a strong thesis statement
    • Wordless Wednesday - A flower grows in Brooklyn
    • Teaching young children to write: 3 keys to success
  • ► August (3)
  • • Spelling suop
    • We're a "Top 100" blog!
    • Please do not distrub
  • ► July (3)
  • • Last day to get 10% off Writeshop Primary B
    • Homeschool Conventions 2009: NC & So Cal
    • Another apostrophe blunder
  • ► May (5)
  • • How much is a silde?
    • Homeschool Conventions 2009: Florida and NC
    • WriteShop Primary news
    • Home School Book Fair 2009: Arlington, TX
    • Not just an American phenomenon
  • ► March (7)
  • • Want to win a free WriteShop Primary Book A?
    • Your serious?
    • Wake up those tired words
    • College prep 101: Create and stick to deadlines
    • Capitalizing titles of high-ranking officials
    • If this is its best...
    • College prep 101: Teaching responsible study habits
  • ► February (10)
  • • Writing game: Toss the pepperoni!
    • College prep 101: Limiting social networking
    • Dr. Seuss meets the CPSIA
    • Apostrophes made to order
    • College prep 101: Create a quiet workspace
    • Writing contests: 3 benefits for kids
    • Valentine’s Day writing activities
    • Fun writing prompts for children
    • College prep 101: Learning to meet deadlines
    • A true professional
  • ► January (16)
  • • CPSC issues temporary testing stay
    • More tips for stronger papers
    • Just for the pun of it
    • 4 tips for stronger papers
    • TOS sponsors writing contest for homeschoolers
    • Appositives
    • Don't leave till you get here!
    • Practice with free writing: A rant against CPSIA
    • 7 ways to curb perfectionism
    • Congress bans kids from libraries?
    • Brainstorming ideas to inspire your children’s writing
    • CPSIA: What happens when the hammer falls?
    • What will they think of next?
    • CPSIA: Thoughts on the demise of the children's cottage industry
    • Picture books as pre-writing activities
    • Printable word games
• ► 2008 (150)
• • ► December (9)
  • • Merry Christmas
    • Wordless Wednesday - Stuck like glue
    • Write some Christmas gifts this year!
    • Win a World of Sports StoryBuilder
    • Writing tip: Wise feedback makes a difference
    • Writing tip: Write often
    • Writing tip: Process vs. product
    • Writing tip: Set boundaries
    • Wordless Wednesday - Bmup ahaed?
  • ► November (8)
  • • Thanksgiving writing activities
    • Thanksgiving acrostic
    • Who are you calling a turky?
    • Grammar in a nutshell
    • Reluctant writers tip #2: Learning to describe
    • Shop closed due to spelling errors
    • Brainstorming with 5- to 8-year-olds
    • Answers to Friday's grammar quiz
  • ► October (8)
  • • Grammar quiz: What do you know?
    • WriteShop I
    • Aaack! I've been tagged!
    • Where do I begin?
    • College prep: Is writing on track?
    • Stepping stones
    • How to write a book review, Part 4
    • When Yoda writes
  • ► September (14)
  • • Notable confusables
    • Using diaries to write about history
    • Make a story pocket
    • How's you're grammar?
    • How to write a book review, Part 3
    • Diamante contest winners!
    • Who pays for this stuff?
    • How to write a book review, Part 2
    • Writing and remembering: 9/11
    • Writing a diamante poem
    • How to write a book review, Part 1
    • Inch by inch...it's a cinch!
    • Cheedear, anyone?
    • And the winner is...BLUE!
  • ► August (12)
  • • 6 Simple truths
    • Vote for our new poster design!
    • Six People, One Idea, and 3000 Miles
    • Put some fun into editing!
    • How do I motivate a 9-year-old?
    • How to slip and fall
    • Introducing nouns
    • Introducing writing through narration
    • 10 things about me
    • Apostrophe catastrophes
    • Writing with young children
    • Cinquain poetry
  • ► July (12)
  • • The key to teaching self-editing
    • Pottery Barn meets sentence variations
    • Writing warm-ups
    • VHE Convention 2008: Modesto, CA
    • Making writing less subjective
    • This sign should be unortherized
    • Homemade picture dictionary
    • FREE gift with WriteShop Primary pre-order
    • Becoming your child's pen pal
    • All this failing...
    • Projects: Great writing alternatives
    • Error's at the fruit stand
  • ► June (17)
  • • What’s in the bag?
    • Simple words...
    • Jane's grammar nugget: Bits and pieces
    • 7 tips for writing clearly
    • Learning disabilities & writing, Part 2
    • Writing cento poetry
    • Risky business
    • Writing a business letter
    • Learning disabilities & writing, Part 1
    • A real proof copy. Really!
    • Jane's grammar nugget: Not your grandma's grammar!
    • The improtnace of slef-edintig
    • On sale! World of Animals StoryBuilders
    • Win a set of Vision Forum DVDs!
    • How to write poems of comparison
    • Is your child perpared?
    • I or me?
  • ► May (20)
  • • Update: WriteShop Primary Book A
    • Your child's writing: Garden or weed patch?
    • How to write good
    • Orlando Homeschool Convention 2008
    • Just don't tell anyone
    • FAQ: To type or write by hand?
    • WriteShop Primary Book C - take a peek!
    • New baby!
    • Interview with an editor, part 2
    • Interview with an editor, part 1
    • Jane's grammar nugget: Writing more effectively
    • Willy Worm Word Wall
    • Journaling . . . with a twist
    • A gathering of adjectives
    • Home School Book Fair May 9-10
    • Growing your child's writing vocabulary
    • Editing tips for the faint of heart
    • The story behind WriteShop, part 2
    • We've got mail!
    • Meet an amazing 11-year-old
  • ► April (19)
  • • Jane's grammar nugget: No lie!
    • Timed-release curriculum?
    • The story behind WriteShop, part 1
    • It's vs. its: What's the difference?
    • Book review: Secret of the Scribe
    • Spring into writing, part 2
    • FAQ: How much time each day?
    • An interview with David Borrink
    • Jane's grammar nugget: Who or whom?
    • Another cover unveiled!
    • Spring into writing, part 1
    • FAQ: Giving high school credit
    • A Peek at WriteShop Primary
    • Graphic organizers
    • Teaching writing, part 3: The writing process
    • Drum roll, please...
    • Help us pick cover illustrations!
    • Jane's grammar nugget: Comma or semicolon?
    • WriteShop wins award
  • ► March (20)
  • • Teaching writing, part 2: Some good news
    • What's new with WriteShop Primary?
    • Writing a cinquain poem
    • New trademarks for WriteShop!
    • FAQ: Is WriteShop a complete grammar program?
    • Teaching writing, part 1: First the bad news
    • Deer skool...
    • Speak the truth in love
    • Jane's grammar nugget: Punctuating titles
    • Paired adjective challenge: the winners and more!
    • Fun with pointers
    • Paired adjectives spotted at museum
    • Writing historical fiction: Spotlight on Family Tree
    • Editing and proofreading tips
    • In defense of paired adjectives
    • A writer's alphabet
    • It's National Procrastination Week!
    • Table of contents poll
    • The key to teaching self-editing
    • Thesaurus game: Describing a person
  • ► February (11)
  • • Legos don't build themselves, you know!
    • Printers and layouts and deadlines...oh, my!
    • Reluctant writers tip #1: Using a tape recorder
    • FAQ: Preparing for SAT timed essays
    • An interview with Nancy I. Sanders
    • Reminder...
    • Boardless Scrabble
    • Introducing Nancy Sanders
    • Help for writer's block
    • Born to blog
    • On words and writing...