by guest author Stefanie Bennett

I would like to pose two questions: What kind of relationship do I want your children to have with writing, and how does your homeschooling approach help to shape that relationship?

To answer these questions, it is helpful to first consider our own relationship with writing. Do you savor words like candy? Are they spread all over your life like confetti? Do books and journals surround your bed like a moat? Or are you the person who rejoiced when you finished school, just because it meant you never had to write another paper ever again? Beyond that, can you reflect back on your own history with reading and writing to determine what shaped that perspective?

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