The Three Levels of Learning
You will see fruit in your homeschool writing program if you stay the course
Below are the three main levels of learning. Level up whenever your child is ready.
Level One
Maximum freedom with oodles of space for risk-taking in writing and conversation.
Create safety for self-expression by not worrying about mechanics or grammar or sequence.
Create big language messes, and revel in them!
Jot down your child’s thoughts and stories, and share them with enthusiasm.
Level Two
Support for growth in sorting it all out.
Doing a deep dive into the material,
Adding information to growing understanding.
Using the appropriate vocabulary and helping your kids to use it.
Discovering how to sequence, how to sort through, how to get thoughts into some kind of intelligible whole.
Partner with your child.
Level Three
The child takes more initiative and control of both drafting and revising processes, revision is more thorough, and the final product shows polish.
Give feedback with respect for authorship. The parent/child team is satisfied with results because the student is both capable of what is being asked, and the parent is conditioned to being an aid/ally rather than a critic or “grade-giver.”
That’s really all there is to it! Keep going!
Learn more about the Natural Stages of Growth in Writing.