Homeschooling and Education

I do not believe that young children need to be formally taught grammar, but I do believe they need to be exposed to good writing and also learn to write well. I had my daughter choose a book from our library that was more technical and not quite at an easy reading for her level. She was required to copy from that book - word for word and punctuation for punctuation. A dramatic change occurred in her writing and her speaking skills soon after that. What I noticed is that this approach allowed her to read material that was actually kind of hard for her because by doing the copy work, her reading was naturally slowed down so as to accommodate her writing, and her mind was allowed extra time to mull over the meaning of the passage. She learned good punctuation skills and she learned more formal word usage, plus her vocabulary increased dramatically. Read more at Home Schooling Guide