January 23, 2025 • 16 mins
Let’s kick off the new year by focusing on what truly matters—fostering a love for language and storytelling in homeschool! 🎉
In this episode, I’m sharing my philosophy on teaching the essential building blocks that help kids develop a passion for expressing themselves through language. Instead of diving straight into formal writing, I focus on nurturing creativity, communication, and confidence. Night Zookeeper has been an incredible resource for bringing these concepts to life in a fun and engaging way.
Why Focus on Language Before Formal Writing?
Encouraging kids to explore storytelling, wordplay, and creative expression helps them build a natural comfort with language. These foundational skills make formal writing a smoother, more enjoyable process.
How Night Zookeeper Helps:
Night Zookeeper uses interactive lessons and fun activities to spark excitement about storytelling and language exploration. It’s the perfect tool for helping kids develop a love of language while gently introducing writing concepts in an approachable, stress-free way.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- My approach to teaching the building blocks of language in homeschool.
- How storytelling fosters a natural love for communication.
- Why Night Zookeeper is an amazing tool for creative growth.
- Practical tips for creating a homeschool environment where writing feels effortless and fun.
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(00:00):
Are you ready?
Because this is going to be the videowhere people lose their minds
about my approach to this.
Okay, okay, okay.
Let's talk about it.
Welcome back to Making Everyday Magic.
My name is Shanna and if you are new herewe are a homeschooling family of four.
We're in our eighth year of homeschooling.
We have homeschool all the way up.
(00:20):
I have a pretty hottake starting the new year
right?
Before we go any further.
Please scroll down, hit the big redsubscribe button, turn on the bell
for notificationsand give this video a thumbs up.
As always, you can find me right on downin the comments
or over on Instagramat Making Everyday Magic.
(00:44):
Okay, so
we are going to talk about my philosophy
when it comes to teaching, writing.
I don't, I know,
right there, that's where I lost you.
I feel like of all of the thingsin my approach to homeschooling, this is
(01:05):
the one that is like, this is my woowoothis is my woowoo opinion on these things.
And I don't teach writing.
I know I'm going to tell you in a minutewhat I do do.
But before I get there,
let me tell you that today's videois in partnership with zookeeper.
As you guys know, I absolutely love them.
We have used them for the entirety
(01:26):
of our homeschool journey,even even before.
Maybe I can't tell you.
It's been years
and years and years and years,and the reason that I love Night Zookeeper
and continue to partner with themis because they are incredibly valuable.
They make my job so much easierwhen it comes
to reinforcing the principlesthat will make good little writers,
(01:49):
focusing on spelling grammarthrough fun, bright,
imaginative games, episodes,all kinds of amazing things.
Writing prompts, writing challenges,and having the backup of someone else
evaluating my kids
writing is gold to me.
(02:12):
Now I'm going to give you a little bitmore information in just a few minutes
on how they factor in to my planwhen it comes to, well,
not teaching writing,but for right now, I just want you to know
I thank you to you and I, zookeeperfor sponsoring today's video.
Okay, so let's talkabout the normal approach to writing.
So the normal approach to writingis incredibly formulaic.
(02:35):
And because of that,the results are incredibly formulaic,
which is not somethingthat I think is good.
If your kiddo was in public school,they start writing instruction very,
very, very early.
And that is because writing is oftenused as a measure on standardized tests.
(02:56):
I have big feelings about all of that,but because they need to be able
to check the boxes for the masses,for a large group of students,
what they do is they do teachwriting in a very formulaic manner,
which, like I said,creates a very formulaic output.
So are you getting the information short?
(03:17):
Can they say the information? Absolutely.
Is there any personality to it? New.
What new?
So therefore in my brainit is good writing.
It's great writing.
But is it good writing?
Is it something we want to read?
Is it something we want to enjoy?
Usually no. And they teach the four main
kinds of writing,which is expository, narrative,
(03:41):
argumentative, and research in analysisstyle writing.
So yes, they get writing instruction,but usually what happens,
at least in what I have seen,is that most people don't enjoy this now.
Why don't they enjoy it?
Because you're forcing all of thisinformation
in a dry and not funmanner down their throats,
(04:01):
and then expecting themto create something
you cannot create somethingif you're not feeling creative.
You cannot create somethingof quality of substance as value.
If, again, you're just kind of forcefeeding information
in and expecting dry,terrible information to come out of it.
(04:24):
Which is why I take my approach.
So let's discuss it.
I do not teach writing,
I don't,and especially not in elementary school.
What I do do.
And I think thatnow that I'm on the back side of this,
because let me tell you, in all honesty,
I sweated this decisionfor a really long time
(04:45):
because it's just like everything else.
You can't know if it was the rightdecision until you're on the backside.
But I can tell you with,
well, 50% of my studentshere are good with it.
I can tell you thatthis has been the right decision
for my children, for my home,and these are the steps that we took.
So no, I do not teach writing.
What I do do is
(05:08):
give them the foundation
and teach the building blocks
so that then when they are ready,
they will take the piecesand be able to build the puzzle.
You'll see the picture, you'll seeit come together on the backside.
Because we laid the groundwork first.
So we do study grammar.
(05:29):
Absolutely.
But we don't sentence diagram.
We did try that for a period of time.
It is terrible. It is not for us.
It does not make sense in my brainthat there is like this wedding
network of insanity.
Instead, what we do is we study sentences
and break them down into their pieces.
It is manageable bites.
(05:50):
Once they've understoodhow to do good sentences, guess what?
Then you can havein setting good paragraph
and from good paragraphscan make good essays.
And that is how we build it out.
Now that my oldest is in middle school,she is really starting
to write really great essays,and I know that that is because I gave her
(06:11):
the pieces earlyon, and the pieces are reading,
reading to them, always encouraging themto read, letting them read
what they want to, but also reading them.
Good classic literature, good books.
Alice in Wonderland,Peter Pan, Jekyll and Hyde.
Right now, her new favorite thing.
She is focusing on female authors.
(06:31):
And this mom could not be more proud.
But these were all decisions that she madebecause we read to them.
Reading to your children will spark that.
Want to write?
It sparks that creativity that they willwant to funnel into the written word
because they have a love of language,a love of the word.
(06:53):
I give my kids creative freedom.
So what do you want to write about?
What is going to interest you?
I try not to ever say,this is a thing you need to do,
because that just doesn'tspark creativity.
I'm not going to be able
to give you a great outputif you're telling me what to do.
That's not a thingthat's going to work for me.
And I don't imagine that's a thingthat's going to work for them either.
(07:13):
We do focus on gradual skill buildingthat is practical,
so teaching the parts of the sentenceso that they can understand it,
teaching spellingso that they can understand it,
and then allowing them to build onso those pieces so my third grader
can take a sentence and she can give youthe eight parts of speech.
She can then give you the subject verb.
(07:35):
She can then give you the prepositionalphrases used in a sentence.
She can then give you how many clausesor independent thoughts or dependent
thoughts are in the Senate, and that isbecause we're teaching the pieces.
So no, my third gradercan't write you a whole paragraph
unless she chooses to, and often she does.
So we then focus on real worldapplications.
(07:56):
So encouraging my childrento express themselves through
language has saved us many times.
They love making, designing, and writingout cards for people that they love.
They love sitting downand writing their own stories.
They will take paper folded over,bind it with staple, decorate the front,
write out an entire story.
My oldest one has done this for yearsand years and years.
(08:18):
She writes stories for her little sisterthat she then reads to her and enjoys,
and it is something that she is choosingto do through that real world application.
She is expressing her creativity,her love of language,
and I don't have to ask her forceor encourage her to do that.
She's doing that on her own.
(08:38):
So if there is somethingthat the kids want to share, I'd be like,
hey, it would be really greatif you could write that down for me.
Hey, it'd be really greatif you could condense that information
and give me what you want me to know.
Those are things that allow themto kind of think it's their own idea.
Now, this is where Nightzookeeper comes at night.
Zookeeper againhas been partnered with us for many years.
They make creative writing fun.
(09:00):
They give your kids the pieces.
They allow themto really expand their mind.
They use kind oflike the improv strategy, the. Yes.
And so if your kid comes to youand it's like, mom, I have blah,
blah, blah, blah, I like yes.
And could you write it down?
And that is something that I think
Night Zookeeper gets so spot on,especially in their writing prompt.
(09:21):
So when your kids are designing a uniqueto them, completely unique to them,
designed by them, colored by them,made by them, character to utilize
in the night Zookeeper
platform really well, what does yourwhat does your characters name?
What do they look like?What do they like to eat?
They're constantly asking these follow up
questions to encourage your childrento flesh out their writing.
(09:42):
And then once they do have a writing,or once they decide to accept a more fun
challenge, you can submit thatwriting for outside review.
So they are getting that positivefeedback.
Or maybe you can earn a few more pointsif you use three more adjectives.
These are processes that are truly
allowing your children to expandwithout feeling suffocated
(10:02):
and stifled by the traditionalthought of writing instruction.
They are given the creative freedomto explore whatever it is
that they want to in their imagination,and then they're being shown useful.
Helpful again, positively reinforce waysto articulate that.
(10:23):
So I think that NightZookeeper has been an amazing addition.
I know that they have been fundamentalin helping my children express themselves
through language, because again,we have used zookeeper for so many years.
We have used it well beforethe recommended age from our youngest one.
All the way up to my oldest one,is aging out of the ideal age
(10:43):
and still enjoys using the platform.
It is a partner
for me as a homeschool parent,but it is a willing and wonderful partner
for all parentswho just want to give their children
a little bit better understandingof writing, of creative writing.
Maybe it's focusing on spelling,or maybe it's focusing on grammar, but
it is provided in a mannerthat is fully compatible
(11:07):
with today's leading writing experts,
as well as in a manner that is fun.
It is bright.
It is engaging because even if your childon Sunday night zookeeper,
they never do a creativewriting assignment.
Every single game they play is reinforcingthe principles of language arts.
Every single game that they playis furthering them along their journey,
(11:30):
whether they realize it or not,because it is a fun way to learn,
especially such a topic as writing
such a topic as has been invested in
so heavily to create such a formulafor formulaic output.
Nightly innkeeper is ahead of the game.
It's bright, it's colorful, it's engaging.
(11:51):
My kids want to do it, which is thebiggest endorsement that I can ever offer
them.
It is chosen in my houseand that is a really big deal.
If you are looking for a fun wayto make creative writing engaging,
educational, and enjoyable for your kids,whether they're homeschool or public
school, please use my link right downbelow and check out Knights innkeeper.
(12:14):
You will not be disappointed,
but you can receive an absolutely freetrial before any commitment.
You don't have to take my word for it.Try it yourselves.
And just like I said about KnightZookeeper,
something that we do in our hometo encourage a love of language
and a love of writingis positive reinforcement.
So we are always askingfollow up questions.
We are always encouraging our girls
(12:36):
to put their thoughts down on paper.
There's some simple things that you can dofor fun paper, fun pens, fun font.
If you don't want to physicallywrite it out, you can type it.
That's a big thing for my youngest one.
She doesn't always likephysically writing, but she loves typing.
She is also very excited
when she learned cursive,because she could make it so pretty.
By allowing our childrenthe fun and freedom.
(12:59):
Because just remember,it doesn't have to be perfect.
It doesn't have to be good.
It just has to be somethingthat they want to do again.
And I promise you, those foundations,
those blocks that you are building upwill come through on the back side.
If children enjoy what they do,they will do it more.
Okay, if you if you enjoy what you do,you'll do it more.
(13:20):
It's not out of the realmto think that writing can be fun,
and there will always, always be timefor them to get it right later.
There will always be time for themto learn and follow the MLA format.
Later,they'll learn how to cite the sources.
It's going to be fine.
It is okayif first and I'm going to go so far
(13:42):
as to say it is desirableif first they learn to love the language
before they learnhow to perfectly master it,
because being able to articulate itlater is going to be so much easier.
If they love what they're doing now,if they can understand the importance
of it, how you can deliver a feelingand a message with your words,
(14:03):
they will be so much more inclinedto continue to do that later,
and it will serve themso much better in the long run.
They will not be judgedby the number of essays
they put out,but they will be judged by the quality.
And I assure you,by the time they're in high school,
the quality will be thereif they learn to love it early.
So don't stress.
Don't freak out.
Just know that if you do it right,if you lay that foundation now,
(14:26):
the cracks will not show later.
They're going to be able to buildand it's going to be amazing.
So guys,I hope that you found this helpful.
I often say my philosophy on writing,
and I have never actually sat downand spelled this out.
So I hope again, I knowsome people are going to be so mad at me.
And I'm going to I'm goingto I'm going to say,
this is my woowoo stancewhen it comes to education.
(14:48):
We just don't do it.
But when we do, do
I think is working really well,so there is no reason to stress about it.
It'll be okay,I promise, because they do have time in in
middle school and high school and collegewhere it will be there waiting for them.
But if they can read good works now,and they can love good works now,
and learn how to spell and learn the partsof the sentence, it's gonna be okay.
(15:11):
They will love it.
So if you can instill that love oflanguage, it will better serve everyone.
I this isthis is my hardcore stance again.
It's my woowoo momentand I don't even care.
This is how I feel.It's real. It's genuine.
Guys, don't forget to check out today'svideo partner night zookeeper.
They're always awesome.Love them to death.
So I do have an offer code down for youbelow.
Try and for free guys,I hope that you found any of this
(15:32):
helpful, entertaining, or informative.
If you did, please scroll downand hit that big red subscribe button.
Turn on the bell for notificationsand give this video a thumbs up.
As always,
you can find me right on
down in the comments or over on Instagramat Making Everyday Magic. And
I know a lot of you are like
former educators, so down in the comments,give me an emoji.
Give me like, like a death emojior like a skull if I just broke your brain
(15:55):
or like a heartif you feel it, I don't know.
Give me something.
Because I am so curious to know
how many people take this approachand how many people are about to, like,
come for me because I knowit's crazy to wow, but isn't it?
But again, I've got one on the back side,so I've got some proof in the pudding.
50% rounds up. That's what I'm saying.
I asked.
Are you ready?
Because this is going to be the videowhere people lose their minds
about my approach to this.
Okay, okay, okay.
Let's talk about it.
Welcome back to Making Everyday Magic.
My name is Shanna and if you are new herewe are a homeschooling family of four.
We're in our eighth year of homeschooling.
We have homeschool all the way up.
(00:20):
I have a pretty hottake starting the new year
right?
Before we go any further.
Please scroll down, hit the big redsubscribe button, turn on the bell
for notificationsand give this video a thumbs up.
As always, you can find me right on downin the comments
or over on Instagramat Making Everyday Magic.
(00:44):
Okay, so
we are going to talk about my philosophy
when it comes to teaching, writing.
I don't, I know,
right there, that's where I lost you.
I feel like of all of the thingsin my approach to homeschooling, this is
(01:05):
the one that is like, this is my woowoothis is my woowoo opinion on these things.
And I don't teach writing.
I know I'm going to tell you in a minutewhat I do do.
But before I get there,
let me tell you that today's videois in partnership with zookeeper.
As you guys know, I absolutely love them.
We have used them for the entirety
(01:26):
of our homeschool journey,even even before.
Maybe I can't tell you.
It's been years
and years and years and years,and the reason that I love Night Zookeeper
and continue to partner with themis because they are incredibly valuable.
They make my job so much easierwhen it comes
to reinforcing the principlesthat will make good little writers,
(01:49):
focusing on spelling grammarthrough fun, bright,
imaginative games, episodes,all kinds of amazing things.
Writing prompts, writing challenges,and having the backup of someone else
evaluating my kids
writing is gold to me.
(02:12):
Now I'm going to give you a little bitmore information in just a few minutes
on how they factor in to my planwhen it comes to, well,
not teaching writing,but for right now, I just want you to know
I thank you to you and I, zookeeperfor sponsoring today's video.
Okay, so let's talkabout the normal approach to writing.
So the normal approach to writingis incredibly formulaic.
(02:35):
And because of that,the results are incredibly formulaic,
which is not somethingthat I think is good.
If your kiddo was in public school,they start writing instruction very,
very, very early.
And that is because writing is oftenused as a measure on standardized tests.
(02:56):
I have big feelings about all of that,but because they need to be able
to check the boxes for the masses,for a large group of students,
what they do is they do teachwriting in a very formulaic manner,
which, like I said,creates a very formulaic output.
So are you getting the information short?
(03:17):
Can they say the information? Absolutely.
Is there any personality to it? New.
What new?
So therefore in my brainit is good writing.
It's great writing.
But is it good writing?
Is it something we want to read?
Is it something we want to enjoy?
Usually no. And they teach the four main
kinds of writing,which is expository, narrative,
(03:41):
argumentative, and research in analysisstyle writing.
So yes, they get writing instruction,but usually what happens,
at least in what I have seen,is that most people don't enjoy this now.
Why don't they enjoy it?
Because you're forcing all of thisinformation
in a dry and not funmanner down their throats,
(04:01):
and then expecting themto create something
you cannot create somethingif you're not feeling creative.
You cannot create somethingof quality of substance as value.
If, again, you're just kind of forcefeeding information
in and expecting dry,terrible information to come out of it.
(04:24):
Which is why I take my approach.
So let's discuss it.
I do not teach writing,
I don't,and especially not in elementary school.
What I do do.
And I think thatnow that I'm on the back side of this,
because let me tell you, in all honesty,
I sweated this decisionfor a really long time
(04:45):
because it's just like everything else.
You can't know if it was the rightdecision until you're on the backside.
But I can tell you with,
well, 50% of my studentshere are good with it.
I can tell you thatthis has been the right decision
for my children, for my home,and these are the steps that we took.
So no, I do not teach writing.
What I do do is
(05:08):
give them the foundation
and teach the building blocks
so that then when they are ready,
they will take the piecesand be able to build the puzzle.
You'll see the picture, you'll seeit come together on the backside.
Because we laid the groundwork first.
So we do study grammar.
(05:29):
Absolutely.
But we don't sentence diagram.
We did try that for a period of time.
It is terrible. It is not for us.
It does not make sense in my brainthat there is like this wedding
network of insanity.
Instead, what we do is we study sentences
and break them down into their pieces.
It is manageable bites.
(05:50):
Once they've understoodhow to do good sentences, guess what?
Then you can havein setting good paragraph
and from good paragraphscan make good essays.
And that is how we build it out.
Now that my oldest is in middle school,she is really starting
to write really great essays,and I know that that is because I gave her
(06:11):
the pieces earlyon, and the pieces are reading,
reading to them, always encouraging themto read, letting them read
what they want to, but also reading them.
Good classic literature, good books.
Alice in Wonderland,Peter Pan, Jekyll and Hyde.
Right now, her new favorite thing.
She is focusing on female authors.
(06:31):
And this mom could not be more proud.
But these were all decisions that she madebecause we read to them.
Reading to your children will spark that.
Want to write?
It sparks that creativity that they willwant to funnel into the written word
because they have a love of language,a love of the word.
(06:53):
I give my kids creative freedom.
So what do you want to write about?
What is going to interest you?
I try not to ever say,this is a thing you need to do,
because that just doesn'tspark creativity.
I'm not going to be able
to give you a great outputif you're telling me what to do.
That's not a thingthat's going to work for me.
And I don't imagine that's a thingthat's going to work for them either.
(07:13):
We do focus on gradual skill buildingthat is practical,
so teaching the parts of the sentenceso that they can understand it,
teaching spellingso that they can understand it,
and then allowing them to build onso those pieces so my third grader
can take a sentence and she can give youthe eight parts of speech.
She can then give you the subject verb.
(07:35):
She can then give you the prepositionalphrases used in a sentence.
She can then give you how many clausesor independent thoughts or dependent
thoughts are in the Senate, and that isbecause we're teaching the pieces.
So no, my third gradercan't write you a whole paragraph
unless she chooses to, and often she does.
So we then focus on real worldapplications.
(07:56):
So encouraging my childrento express themselves through
language has saved us many times.
They love making, designing, and writingout cards for people that they love.
They love sitting downand writing their own stories.
They will take paper folded over,bind it with staple, decorate the front,
write out an entire story.
My oldest one has done this for yearsand years and years.
(08:18):
She writes stories for her little sisterthat she then reads to her and enjoys,
and it is something that she is choosingto do through that real world application.
She is expressing her creativity,her love of language,
and I don't have to ask her forceor encourage her to do that.
She's doing that on her own.
(08:38):
So if there is somethingthat the kids want to share, I'd be like,
hey, it would be really greatif you could write that down for me.
Hey, it'd be really greatif you could condense that information
and give me what you want me to know.
Those are things that allow themto kind of think it's their own idea.
Now, this is where Nightzookeeper comes at night.
Zookeeper againhas been partnered with us for many years.
They make creative writing fun.
(09:00):
They give your kids the pieces.
They allow themto really expand their mind.
They use kind oflike the improv strategy, the. Yes.
And so if your kid comes to youand it's like, mom, I have blah,
blah, blah, blah, I like yes.
And could you write it down?
And that is something that I think
Night Zookeeper gets so spot on,especially in their writing prompt.
(09:21):
So when your kids are designing a uniqueto them, completely unique to them,
designed by them, colored by them,made by them, character to utilize
in the night Zookeeper
platform really well, what does yourwhat does your characters name?
What do they look like?What do they like to eat?
They're constantly asking these follow up
questions to encourage your childrento flesh out their writing.
(09:42):
And then once they do have a writing,or once they decide to accept a more fun
challenge, you can submit thatwriting for outside review.
So they are getting that positivefeedback.
Or maybe you can earn a few more pointsif you use three more adjectives.
These are processes that are truly
allowing your children to expandwithout feeling suffocated
(10:02):
and stifled by the traditionalthought of writing instruction.
They are given the creative freedomto explore whatever it is
that they want to in their imagination,and then they're being shown useful.
Helpful again, positively reinforce waysto articulate that.
(10:23):
So I think that NightZookeeper has been an amazing addition.
I know that they have been fundamentalin helping my children express themselves
through language, because again,we have used zookeeper for so many years.
We have used it well beforethe recommended age from our youngest one.
All the way up to my oldest one,is aging out of the ideal age
(10:43):
and still enjoys using the platform.
It is a partner
for me as a homeschool parent,but it is a willing and wonderful partner
for all parentswho just want to give their children
a little bit better understandingof writing, of creative writing.
Maybe it's focusing on spelling,or maybe it's focusing on grammar, but
it is provided in a mannerthat is fully compatible
(11:07):
with today's leading writing experts,
as well as in a manner that is fun.
It is bright.
It is engaging because even if your childon Sunday night zookeeper,
they never do a creativewriting assignment.
Every single game they play is reinforcingthe principles of language arts.
Every single game that they playis furthering them along their journey,
(11:30):
whether they realize it or not,because it is a fun way to learn,
especially such a topic as writing
such a topic as has been invested in
so heavily to create such a formulafor formulaic output.
Nightly innkeeper is ahead of the game.
It's bright, it's colorful, it's engaging.
(11:51):
My kids want to do it, which is thebiggest endorsement that I can ever offer
them.
It is chosen in my houseand that is a really big deal.
If you are looking for a fun wayto make creative writing engaging,
educational, and enjoyable for your kids,whether they're homeschool or public
school, please use my link right downbelow and check out Knights innkeeper.
(12:14):
You will not be disappointed,
but you can receive an absolutely freetrial before any commitment.
You don't have to take my word for it.Try it yourselves.
And just like I said about KnightZookeeper,
something that we do in our hometo encourage a love of language
and a love of writingis positive reinforcement.
So we are always askingfollow up questions.
We are always encouraging our girls
(12:36):
to put their thoughts down on paper.
There's some simple things that you can dofor fun paper, fun pens, fun font.
If you don't want to physicallywrite it out, you can type it.
That's a big thing for my youngest one.
She doesn't always likephysically writing, but she loves typing.
She is also very excited
when she learned cursive,because she could make it so pretty.
By allowing our childrenthe fun and freedom.
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Because just remember,it doesn't have to be perfect.
It doesn't have to be good.
It just has to be somethingthat they want to do again.
And I promise you, those foundations,
those blocks that you are building upwill come through on the back side.
If children enjoy what they do,they will do it more.
Okay, if you if you enjoy what you do,you'll do it more.
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It's not out of the realmto think that writing can be fun,
and there will always, always be timefor them to get it right later.
There will always be time for themto learn and follow the MLA format.
Later,they'll learn how to cite the sources.
It's going to be fine.
It is okayif first and I'm going to go so far
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as to say it is desirableif first they learn to love the language
before they learnhow to perfectly master it,
because being able to articulate itlater is going to be so much easier.
If they love what they're doing now,if they can understand the importance
of it, how you can deliver a feelingand a message with your words,
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they will be so much more inclinedto continue to do that later,
and it will serve themso much better in the long run.
They will not be judgedby the number of essays
they put out,but they will be judged by the quality.
And I assure you,by the time they're in high school,
the quality will be thereif they learn to love it early.
So don't stress.
Don't freak out.
Just know that if you do it right,if you lay that foundation now,
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the cracks will not show later.
They're going to be able to buildand it's going to be amazing.
So guys,I hope that you found this helpful.
I often say my philosophy on writing,
and I have never actually sat downand spelled this out.
So I hope again, I knowsome people are going to be so mad at me.
And I'm going to I'm goingto I'm going to say,
this is my woowoo stancewhen it comes to education.
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We just don't do it.
But when we do, do
I think is working really well,so there is no reason to stress about it.
It'll be okay,I promise, because they do have time in in
middle school and high school and collegewhere it will be there waiting for them.
But if they can read good works now,and they can love good works now,
and learn how to spell and learn the partsof the sentence, it's gonna be okay.
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They will love it.
So if you can instill that love oflanguage, it will better serve everyone.
I this isthis is my hardcore stance again.
It's my woowoo momentand I don't even care.
This is how I feel.It's real. It's genuine.
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helpful, entertaining, or informative.
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Turn on the bell for notificationsand give this video a thumbs up.
As always,
you can find me right on
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I know a lot of you are like
former educators, so down in the comments,give me an emoji.
Give me like, like a death emojior like a skull if I just broke your brain
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or like a heartif you feel it, I don't know.
Give me something.
Because I am so curious to know
how many people take this approachand how many people are about to, like,
come for me because I knowit's crazy to wow, but isn't it?
But again, I've got one on the back side,so I've got some proof in the pudding.
50% rounds up. That's what I'm saying.
I asked.
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