The June Writers Academy Blog
Your guide to supporting your child’s development as a writer and thinker.
New Feature: Instant word definitions
We’ve added vocabulary tips to all relevant practices!
New Features: Extension practices, tips & quizzes
We’re excited to announce three new features: extension practices, tips, and lesson quizzes.
Summer Plan: Boost Your Child’s Writing
If you’re looking for a way for your child to improve their writing over the summer, June Writers has three excellent new options for you based on our child- and parent-approved regular program. Registration for our summer programs opens May 1st.
Parent Tip: Writing essays
What does it take to write juicy essays with relative ease beyond the basic ability to write mechanically sound sentences and type or handwrite at length (both important)? The following are what June Writers ensures kids learn before they tackle essay writing:
Help! Which level is the right starting point for my kid?
Our updated guide to where your child should start in our curriculum.
Parent Tip: Assessing your child’s writing level
How can you assess your child’s writing skill level? The truth …
Learning to think through writing and reading
Our critical reading challenges are designed to do two things, in the broadest sense:
Teach kids about specific types of writing issues and skills
Model complex thought
Parent Tips: Lesson 3.3
In Lesson 3.3, we ask kids to adapt existing paragraphs to appeal to specific audiences.
Parent Tips: Lesson 3.2
In Lesson 3.2’s practices, we are asking your child to put together the concepts of audience and argument, which is a Big Brain Leap.
New Features: Instant skill checks and much more!
We’re rolling out three new features. Take a look!
News: Level 5 lessons now live!
We’re thrilled to announce that lessons from Level 5: Advanced Solo Editing are now live on our private membership site!
New Feature: Schoolwork & Application Help
Does your child need support writing or editing an assignment for school or an application? We are now happy to offer support for planning & content development, translating pre-writing work into a draft, and editing as an optional service included in our standard membership program at no extra charge.
Parent Tips: Editing words & flow
What is editing for words and flow, and why is it an important skill for my child to learn?
Parent Tip: (Secular) Proverbs & Aphorisms
The fun and challenge of editing mangled secular proverbs and aphorisms.
Parent Tip: The value of metaphor
The value of teaching kids to write and think in metaphors.
Parent Tip: Writing first drafts
What to do if your child struggles to write a first draft.
Parent tip: Erratic verb tense and your child’s wild mind
What to do when your child’s writing doesn’t follow linear time conventions.