Unlock Your Child's Writing Potential: Proven Strategies for Parents!

My students were excited to write their stories, and I knew they were going to be great.  It was my first year teaching and I couldn’t help but pat myself on the back as they set their writing on my desk.  I had done a great job, they had done a great job and our class was knocking this writing thing out of the park. 

After countless hours of editing, revising, redrafting, and conferencing they had it!  As I looked over the papers that night I couldn’t believe it.  They were awful, most of them you couldn’t follow, and some forget ALL of their periods.  I felt like a failure.

The Problem - How to Help Your Child with Writing (Without feeling like you're banging your head against a wall!)

I really wanted all my students to pick up writing. I realized that teaching even just 1 student how to write well was a much bigger task than I imagined. What I learned in college wasn’t working in the real world. But then I figured out something important: if I could learn it, so could my students—and now so can you!

A New Way of Teaching

My co-teacher, Karissa, found something great. She said we should try writing shorter pieces, just 1 or 2 paragraphs long. At the same time, I realized that trying to make every paper perfect right away was doomed to fail. So now, we follow these for simple steps.

Step 1 - Choose a topic: Help your child pick something they know a lot about.

Step 2 - Make an outline: Together, create a plan for what they want to write.

Step 3 - Start writing: Let them write their story or paragraph - closely following the outline.

Step 4 - Make it better: Focus on one or two things they can improve, like adding more details or fixing mistakes.

That’s it! In the coming blog posts I will be explaining each step in detail, so you can implement it with your own child. You might be wondering how much time this takes. For parents, I suggest two short sessions each week, about 20 minutes each time. This way, your child can learn and practice without getting burnt out.

Ready to Help Your Child Write Better?

If you want to help your child become a better writer—who doesn’t?—and you can find just 20-30 minutes two times per week, click the link below to join our Beginning Writers Guide course. As an experienced teacher I can't wait to share these strategies with you. This is a great opportunity to take a guiding hand in your child's education with our step by step easy to follow video series.

PS - We're only accepting 10 parents to start and test our program. After that, their will be a price tag on this course, so get it free while you still can!