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    • ▼ 2013 (41)
      • ► May (7)
        • 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...
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