The girls have finished their work for the morning and now Bethany is teaching "Key Word Outlines" with the younger girls!  We are going through Andrew Pudewa's course called Student Writing Intensive.  Those of you who are familiar with this course will know what a key word outline is. 

Ainsley (5 1/2) isn't doing the course with us, but is listening intently to Bethany's instruction!

Beth is now copying the part in the DVD where Andrew Pudewa is getting the students to brainstorm for quality adjectives to describe a pen.  I think the one they mentioned here was "nasty pen!"

They are now writing up their draft for a picture book called "Miss Mouse's Birthday."

For more information on the writing course see the website for the Institute for Excellence in Writing.  I highly recommend the course!