The winner of this week’s Tim Hawkins Giveaway is comment #20, Kimery. Congratulations!!!
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This week we’re giving away Christian comedian Tim Hawkins live in concert, I’m No Rockstar DVD. Retail Value: $17.99
I’m no Rockstar delivers 90 minutes of Tim’s twisted comedic arsenal including straight stand-up, acoustic guitar comedy, and full-blown rock concert bits. Recorded live at The MetroCenter in Arlington, Texas, this performance is filled with fan-favorites including: Quite the Choir Dollar Store Troubleshooting Fire Ants Delilah – The Samson Version Aging Rock Stars The First Song Prince Ever Wrote and a few song suggestions to make your wedding unforgettable. Includes the bonus song, A Homeschool Family.
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I lost everything I just wrote! ugh! lol..
Our family does a lot fo writing, we teach the younger ones to write using a picture and a we list a few facts about the picture then they write more about the picture into a cute story.
My oldest children read many good books/poems and we learn the different writing styles and many times we write at least 1entire page compositions summariazing Bible, we use Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem.
My kids have started blogging some of their books they have read, I also recently posted my 8 yr olds new story she wrote and typed all on her own.
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I hope we win as we love Tim Hawkins comedy! He’s a riot!
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My 12 yr old has always had a love for writing. When he was very small he would ask me to write as he told me the story. As time has gone on We have used blank books, homemade books and and sketch pads for him to write his stories himself on.
We’ve also been apart of a Writer’s Club since he was in the first grade. This club focuses more on the creative relm of writing but has given us so much practice on all the machanics of it.
I didn’t start home schooling my son until 4th grade and I can see what a difference it makes to “understand” the whole picture of english. We have tried many different things: writing stories based on a picture, working on senctence and paragraph structure, playing grammar games, copying writing from a book, and just writing down anything that comes to mind in 3 to 5 minutes and then going through to see what we can use.
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We use Apologia’s writing curriculum called “Jump In.” The kids actually don’t mind doing writing because they mainly get to choose the topics they write about. I can’t say enough good things about this curriculum. It sure has made writing a lot easier for us!
My children and I have found Shurley English to be VERY helpful with the writing process. We also have Karen Andreola’s Story Starters.
My children write letters to other children they know out of state. They write about things they have learned and things they would like to do. They read alot! I have three girls that are writing a story together. IT is one that they each add to when they get an idea. It takes many unexpected turns! My son has become very good at writing poetry, which is a good ballance to his Karate class!!!
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My son loves to write from his favorite book Good and Evil. He will copy pages and make his own books. I like it when he uses notebooking pages that allow him to illustrate his writings. I’m always proud of his finished work.
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I’m in my 2nd year of homeschooling. I am learning how to teach outside of the SOS program. Writting has never been one of my strong points so it’s a time of learning for us all.
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My oldest is 5.5. He is reading simple stories and copying words. Right now the closet thing to composition is either him narrating something to me as I become scribe or me writing down his words and him copying. We will get to composition in a more formal way next year.
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We try to help the kids realize that assignment compositions have to be done, but can be made interesting when possible. We also encourage them to write for fun in their free time.
I have 9 children ranging in ages from 8 years old to 24 years old. We have had many different ways of teaching writing/composition. My favorite way is to let the kids tell a story with me writing it all down so that their thoughts can run freely. Then I type it up on the computer and let them edit/change their work and then print it up for them to illustrate. We can make books etc. like this. When they get comfortable seeing their work in print they feel more confident to risk writing. At the same time but separate from this assignment I have them copy a few sentences to learn handwriting. Also at the same time I read many, many stories to them to help build their vocabulary and their understanding of the structure of a story. Along with all of this they are using Phonics Tutor on the computer to learn spelling and to listen well. After awhile they actually want to start writing. I let them tell funny stories and give them “word boxes” with vocab words that they can use in their stories. This is all very painless for me and actually interesting for the kids. I hope this helps others.
Writing in early years is minimal – incorporated into subjects. Middle school we have used Daily Writing, Writing Strands, Easy Writing. In high school, we utilize our local Home School Extension classes at the local Valley Lutheran High School.
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When the kids are very young, I think telling your kids stories and reading stories is the beginning. We would make up stories and tell them to our children. They would beg for the stories. They would see that the story is a work in progress. You can let them decide certain aspects of the story. For example, “A dog and a cat and a….. You pick the third animal. “A pig”, the child says. “Ok, the dog, cat and pig went on a picnic. Dog wanted to go to the river. Cat wanted to go to the mountain and Pig wanted to go to……….(the child picks the location.) And you continue the adventure like that. Soon enough the children are coming up with more and more ideas to contribute to the story. It’s a natural progression to creating their own.
I’ve always enjoyed writing/composition so I enjoy teaching it to my children. Before school starts each year, I buy each child a composition journal and I write a question or story starter at the tope of each page, one for every week of the school year. The questions for the younger ones might be, “What is your favorite food and why?” or “What do you love about Dad?”. The questions get more in depth as they get older such as defining Godly character traits or explaining a quote I give them. I throw in fun story starters for all ages such as, “If I could invent a new kind of candy bar, it would be…” or “One day my brother and I were fishing in the pond when suddenly…”. These creative writing journals have been precious to me to see their creative minds come alive! I keep all the journals so the kids will be able to look back and see what they wrote in the years to come.
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One of my favorite ways to write with the children when they are little is having them tell me a story and then writing it down. They draw the pictures.
Journaling, taking notes during Church, narration, anything to get pencil to meet paper.
I love the book “Writing From the Heart” also.
I teach their writing through their every day activities. The teens facebook, twitter, and email. I require that they use complete sentences and a complete thought. Those two rules are the foundation for everything in communication. As a former communications teacher it never failed to amaze me that students would fail to follow these two rules and then wonder why someone else did not understand what they meant.
We used to have them write letters to their grandpaents, but their grandparents are now on email and face book. However, we continue to do thank you cards, faithfully!