A random bit of Mr. T’s personal writing, discovered on the kitchen table. I’m going to start this post with a dubious act. In order to explore why mentoring might be preferable to teaching when it comes to writing, I’m going to share an article with which I fundamentally disagree. This Atlantic article came to me last [...]

When it comes to your kids and writing—particularly if you homeschool—you have a choice to make: do you want to be a writing teacher to your child, or a writing mentor? When H was twelve, he wrote a book review that he hoped to get published in Stone Soup magazine. He asked for my feedback on his [...]

Mr. T and I had an adventure last week. You may remember, back in October, that I wrote about my older son’s Kickstarter project, a film he planned to make as part of his college studies. Well, the project got funded, but a few days before the shoot was supposed to start, a little force [...]

Today on the Rhythm of the Home blog, I go all meta on you and write about writing. I take you step-by-step through my completely non-linear, illogical writing process. It’s a little wacky, but it works for me. It might help you understand why I think it’s a bad idea to impose outlines on kids [...]

This week on Rhythm of the Home, I’m writing about the benefits of kids interrupting during read-alouds. I’ve written about this before, because I’m such a fan of talking about books. If you want to read more, there’s a post about talking about literature in general here, and one about talking about it in a [...]

I have another little essay up at Rhythm of the Home today, this one on my fondness for my kitchen table. Originally I’d planned to have my posts there appear along with posts here; I’d hoped to write a series on offering writing feedback to kids in this space in January. Alas, I haven’t yet [...]