Writing is a distillation of an individual’s mind life. Clarity and accuracy matter but so do inspiration, imagination, critical thinking, and flexible vocabulary. Writing is more than words on a page. It's valuing a writer’s perspective of the world.
Our free guide, Build a Science Unit Study with Brave Writer, shows you how to turn your child’s natural wonder into an engaging learning adventure that combines subjects for both ease and delight—while still checking off those end-of-year boxes!
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Engage the brain. Your task, as a home educator, isn’t to cram a bunch of information into your kids’ heads. The goal is to create space for exploration of the mind’s capacities!
Don't feed perfectionism. You write. You make mistakes. You make a big sanctioned mess along with your kids. Laugh at your mistakes! Be more exploratory and less focused on "right" and "wrong.” Play!
For teens, Brave Writer online classes offer warm fuzzies and MORE. Each class is designed to meet Common Core and academic standards. And among those classes, we offer both Essay Prep and Essay Writing courses.
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"Learning is lifelong. Schooling is not." -Julie Bogart
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We’ve gathered eighteen posts on critical thinking into one place so you can explore, return to, and share these ideas at your own pace. Wherever you are in your homeschool journey, we hope something here sparks Big Juicy Conversations around your table.
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This week on the Brave Writer podcast, we unpack a “Critical Thinking Bill of Rights” and apply it to #homeschooling life.
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Think less about turning your kids into responsible mini adults and more about how to ensure they have a happy childhood.
What does it really mean to think critically in a world that never stops shouting at us?
In this Brave Writer podcast episode, we slow things down and explore how to stay grounded when information, emotion, and opinion collide.
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Critical thinking is not about adopting a once-for-all-time position. It’s learning to live with the discomfort of knowing that each idea we hold is contingent—can be modified by new information, experiences, and encounters.
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#Homeschool tip:
Make writing a meaningful part of your life right in front of your kids—leaving notes, making lists, sending texts, writing emails and letters, journaling, signing cards. Write in front of your kids every day and help them to emulate what you do.
February’s Dart, Arrow, and Boomerang invite families into stories about perseverance, dignity, and the longing to belong.
📚 Dart (ages 8-10): With Just One Wing
📚 Arrow (ages 11-12): Will’s Race for Home
📚 Boomerang (ages 13-14): A Raisin in the Sun
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What happens when we slow down long enough to really wonder?
In this Brave Writer podcast episode, we rediscover how noticing, wondering, and waiting can transform ordinary moments into meaningful education.
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Brave Writer Student Spotlight personas
Need inspiration? Here’s a look at some of our amazing Brave Writers!
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Shakespeare Workshop for kids and their parents!
Brave Writer's hands-on workshop is an ideal choice for families unfamiliar with (or daunted by) the Bard's life and works. 🎭
Our next session starts February 2!
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Today, we would like to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., and his achievements for Civil Rights in the US as well as highlighting a wonderful poetry book about Dr. King that is worth adding to your bookshelves.
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The Lighthouse Family books
Seaside enchantment abounds! January's Dart selection (ages 8-10) is The Lighthouse Family series by Cynthia Rylant!
Enjoy living literature while teaching grammar, punctuation, spelling, and literary devices.
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We're not trying to raise students. We're trying to raise learners.
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Brave Writer Winter Games Guide
Will your family be watching the 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina, Italy?
When your kids are cheering and asking curious questions, you don't need worksheets to make it "educational."
You just need Brave Writer's Winter Games Guide!
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Learning doesn’t have an end point—you know that because you are still learning almost as much as your kids are while you homeschool them! So trust the process. Your kids will take what you give them and expand it beyond what you ever imagined.
Thinking about pulling your kid from school at Winter Break?
Join Brave Writer’s expert trainer, Dawn Smith, to learn how to start your homeschool journey mid-year!
Thursday, December 18, 2025 @ 4:00 PM ET
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Registration is OPEN for Brave Writer's 2026 Winter/Spring Online Writing Classes! 🎉
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#Homeschooling is more than an education for kids. It’s a life-practice. It’s a path, a way, a philosophy of living that guides, well, everything while you are living a homeschool life.
NEW: A–Z Guide to Literary Devices!
Literary devices are the tools writers use to make language come alive.
When kids learn to spot these devices in action:
📚 Reading becomes richer.
📚 Writing becomes more expressive.
📚 Conversations get deeper and more engaging.
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It is important to have good guidelines for tech in your home... But if your life is being reduced to endless vigilance and fear of dopamine hits and scary internet searches, that’s harming your relationship with your kids.
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It turns out, writing does something for us that thinking and talking alone can’t accomplish. It actually helps us think differently and learn something about ourselves and the world around us, too.
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FREE Webinar: Raise AI-Proof Kids!
Wednesday, November 19 at 4 PM ET
The world is rapidly changing.
AI can write essays, create art, even ace exams.
So where does that leave our kids?
Right at the sweet spot of what only HUMANS can do.
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