It is Wednesday again, and I am supposed to be writing something about writing.  But I am away from home and grieving the loss of my computer.  The hard drive is fried.  We do have a newer, nicer computer now.  But all my writing, all our pictures and all my goofy random links in my bookmarks are all gone.  Something was wrong with our CD drive or the software or something, so I was not able to back anything up.

At any rate, here is a good post on developing a love of writing with young children.  Never underestimate the value of the stories your children make up on the fly.  Taking the time to listen, ask questions and write down what they say will give them great confidence, help them through the beginnings of the writing process and give you a wonderful record of your child's younger years.  Like I said in one of my Writer's Workshop posts, every part of the process can be taught to young children, but you need to be ready to take dictation.  Learning the process of good writing is completely separate from good mechanics (spelling, punctuation and even holding the pencil and sizing the letters correctly).  Yet most students and parents get hung up on the mechanics.

tagged:  writer/'s workshop, homeschooling, teaching writing, writing