Home School Writing Curriculum

Many parents find it very challenging to decide on the perfect writing curriculum for home schooling their children. Most parents who home school are not professional teachers so finding the right curriculum may seem overwhelming. You'll find there are many options to choose from, so you will need to decide what kind of teacher you want to be and how you want to teach your home schooled children.

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There are several things you will want to consider when choosing a home school writing curriculum:

  • Will you be teaching your children using structure?
  • Do you want to instill confidence by having your children express themselves in their writing?
  • Do you want your child to be able to learn on his owns with tools you provide?
  • Would you prefer to be more involved in the writing process?
  • Would it be beneficial to have support to help with grading your children's writing?
  • Would you prefer to spend more time on other subjects besides writing?
    • Once you have the answers to these and any other questions you may have, you will be better prepared to choose a home school writing curriculum. One thing that is always helpful in narrowing down your choices is to go to the websites of the curriculums you are considering and compare them. You may find by doing this that one better suits your needs than another.

    Following are some home school writing curriculum that you may want to look into:

    Braver Writer
    This writing curriculum is written by a professional writer as well as home schooling mother. It teaches your children to be comfortable in their writing and confident about what they are writing about. The Braver Writer is a very structured curriculum.

    Institute for Excellence in Writing
    This is an extremely popular writing curriculum for home schooling parents and is based on classical education. It is also very structured with assignments to help develop writing skills.

    WriteShop Incremental Curriculum
    This is made specifically for middle school and high school students. This focuses on a specific writing skill rather than overall. This program plans everything for you, from lesson plans and editing instructions. Even with this, it is less structured than the previous two choices.

    Write at Home
    This is an online program where home schooling children can take classes and workshops via the Internet. They have tutors available as well so your children can turn in assignments and have it looked over for critique.

    Writing Standards
    This is another writing curriculum that is used widely in the home schooling community. It covers all age ranges and grades, which work out well for families with children at differing levels.

    Write Source
    This is not a formal curriculum, but one that many children enjoy as well as parents. They come in different levels depending on your child and are a great resource for parents who are home schooling.

    While the choice to home school your children may have come easily, choosing the correct writing curriculum may seem to be a daunting task. The suggestions here are a short list of what is available. Your best resource is talking to other parents who home school their children and find out from them what they have found to be the best and most useful. There are also many websites and resources for parents who home school to connect and chat. You will find these extremely useful and providing the best information for choosing a home school curriculum. As the parent, you are now your children's primary teacher, which is an important role. Choose your writing curriculum based on the needs and abilities of your family and most importantly you children. They will learn better and be more eager if the curriculum you choose is well suited to them.