Writing and Education in Crazy times with Andrew Pudewa of Institute for Excellence in Writing Life Skills 101

SPECIAL REPLAY | While Writing isn’t exactly a soft skill, it is an invaluable hard skill that makes a feedback loop with the soft skills. Andrew Pudewa of IEW fame offers several tips to encourage this skill in crazy homeschooling times.



* The top two things needed for your kids are; Language Skills (liberal arts), and Math skills (Logic/Stem/Arithmetic)



* Choose what is interesting, but also needed.





* Teach your kids how to memorize



* Especially poetry, this will teach them diction, and heavily ingrain a love for language and reading, which in turn will give them a love for learning.





* The 4 deadly errors of teaching writing:



* Over correction

* With holding help- if your child asks for it when writing, they probably need it.

* Unclear Assignments- Your child cannot follow instructions they don’t understand. Be clear.

* Over expectation- set a high bar, but be willing to give grace for learners.







 



Resources from IEW



https://iew.com/



* TWSS

* Language Acquisition Through Poetry

* Themed Based Writing Books



* Ancient History

* Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales

* People and Places

* All things fun and fascination





* With all of the resources in the world of homeschooling today, you can get the best of both worlds of Public School and Homeschool



True North Homeschool Academy Resources



https://truenorthhomeschoolacademy.com/product-category/english/



* British Literature

* ‘Dinner with Shakespeare and Dickens’

* Literature through the movies