Six Ways You Can Help Your Child Heal Through Writing
Why teach a child to write? There are many good reasons: •Facilitate Communication •Engage in Artistic Expression •Aid in Learning •Prepare for Future Employment However, one reason that often gets overlooked is writing can help children heal. Experiences of loss and tragedy greatly affect children. Death of a loved one Death of a pet House […]
15 Must-Have Features for Your Special Needs Writing Program
Special Needs denotes that the needs are unique, and no cookie cutter approach to learning will work. Knowledge must simply pass through different delivery methods. However, when it comes to teaching special needs children to write, experts do agree that writing instruction should include these exemplary features: 15 Must-Have Features for Your Special Needs Writing […]
Brock Eastman
Brock Eastman is one of the featured authors in Here to Help Learning’s mini-series, Meet the Authors found in the Write-a-Book project. (Essay Writing Level-Flight 3). On camera, he graciously shares with HTHL students his personal writing tips for traveling through the writing process. In 2013, I had the pleasure of spending a day with […]
Unlocking the Mystery of Teaching Writing
Teaching writing to my children often produced tears. It could be summed up as #thestruggle. If I made a chart tracking the tears shed during specific subjects in our homeschool day, it would look like this: Teaching a child to write is hard. Learning to write is hard. Writing is plain old hard work. Many […]