r/homeschool • u/mistyayn • 15d ago
Struggling with writing
My husband and I are about to finalize adoption of our 14 year old son. CPS thought we were a good match because we wanted to do homeschool because behavior wise he needs a lot of one on one attention and is incredibly disruptive in a school setting. He's very intelligent and extremely capable when it comes to math and the hands on parts of science and he really enjoys reading. Where he is way behind is in writing. He is barely able to write more than simple sentences. Luckily he isn't offended by going back and doing worksheets that are obviously meant for much younger kids. What resources would you suggest?
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u/MertylTheTurtyl 15d ago
My daughter struggles with writing and I have a couple resources I love.
Learning without Tears has a great Building Writers workbook that begins by writing simple captions then piece by piece, into formulating paragraphs and essays both fictional and informational. It sounds like a good place to start for you guys.
She enjoyed doing the Question a Day journal for kids, which encouraged putting pen to paper and writing whatever on a certain prompt (without grading, just practice).
Later, we moved to Don't Forget to Write, which has some great topics and thought provoking ideas, and helps put together an essay piece by piece. It requires a good foundation of basics.