Facebook Party Winners!

We had a great time last night at our Facebook party with Andrew Pudewa. Andrew is the founder and director for the Institute for Excellence in Writing and will be one of our featured speakers for the 2014 IAHE Home Educators' Convention.

Here are a couple of the questions that Andrew helped answer for our guests. Visit our Facebook page for more.

Kristy asks: Andrew, how much should we direct our child's writing? I feel there has to be a balance between modeling good writing and allowing the student to discover on their own. Thoughts? 

Mr. Pudewa's reply: Never withhold help; try not to meddle. Read out loud to children of all ages--that's the best way for them to "discover" what works--by imitating the great writers.

 Mary asked - Any fun ideas for an eager first grader who wants to learn to get her imagination on paper?

Andrew Pudewa She can dictate her stories to you, and you can write for her, then let her copy them. If that's easy, then only write down the Key Words from her statements, and be the "outline secretary". Then give her the outline of her story, and let her try to write them into sentences--help her as much as needed. 

Question: If you have an older student, what is the one thing you would make time for in that last busy year to teach them?Andrew Pudewa's response: That's easy. Latin. Hands down the most valuable thing you can do to improve vocabulary, grammar, careful thinking, mental discipline. Latin. Latin. Definitely Latin.

Door Prize Winners

We gave away six sets of (3) MP3 files of IEW workshops, winner’s choice! There are over 75 workshops to choose from on the IEW website.

• MP3 Winners - Jennifer Smith, Kelly Cox, Victoria G, Cheryl Long, Greg Villaroman, Alison Slatter

We also gave away three $25 Gift Certificates from Institute for Excellence in Writing. 

• Gift Certificate Winners - Annie Peterson, Melissa Huffman and Lisa Pieper

Our Grand Prize winner will be given their choice of either: {1} set of Primary Arts of Language  ($158 value) or {1} Teaching Writing: Structure and Style ($169 value).

• Grand Prize Winner - Tiffany Gee

Everyone that entered to win during the party will receive an email from IEW with a link for their free downloads. 

Thank you to IEW for a great party!