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Jen McVeity - ArticlesStrategies for Starting School - Preparation, First Day of School and What to ExpectHere are useful strategies to ease the transition to primary school, from a top author, parent and teacher. Learn how to prepare, what to expect on the first day and following weeks and how you can help. Strategies for Starting School - Is My Child Ready for School or Not?Is your child ready for school? A top author, parent and teacher discusses age, intellectual, physical, emotional and social aspects of this decision. Free Parent Newsletter and Story Starters Chatterbox. Story Writing Quiz for Children - Does Your Home School Student Use These Professional Techniques?Need to improve kids' writing skills? Students all make similar errors when they write. Here are the seven advanced techniques authors use to make stories powerful. Share this quick writing quiz to see which skills your kids use. Also free worksheet and free parent newsletter with more tips and activities. Terrific for gifted students and the home school curriculum to make learning writing easier. Does Your Home School or Gifted Child Need Professional Writing Tips from a Published Author?Do your kids write stories with flat, boring characters? Professional writers know the secret to good writing is to 'show, not tell'. Here's how to do it. Also an action activity to try with the kids. Free story starters worksheet & free parent newsletter, useful for the home school curriculum. Is Your Home School or Gifted Writer Missing These Professional Story Structure Skills?Stories need structure, so planning is an important step when you write. How can you help your child to learn to plan effectively? A top children's author offers these questions to prompt your budding writer. Also free worksheet and free parent newsletters with tips and activities. Terrific for anyone who wants to make writing easier. Writing Skills for Children - Better Story StartersDo your kids write stories that start too slowly, with little room for the adventure? Here's how to overcome this problem. Learn how authors 'cheat' to keep the story moving. Great for the home school curriculum and for gifted students. Also free story starters worksheet and free parent newsletter. Story Writing with Children - Ban Boring StoriesHelp children to write better stories with more action for greater impact. No 'I woke up' story starts or 'then I went to bed' endings. Useful for the home school curriculum, gifted students and anyone who wants to make writing easier and fun. Homework, Children and Parents - Strategies to Help Not HassleAre there homework hassles at your house? A top author, parent and teacher shares practical strategies for you to use. Free Parent Newsletters and free story starters worksheet and ideas Chatterbox. Story Writing with your Child - How to Speed Up Learning Using ChunkingHome school or mainstream, gifted or not, kids all make similar writing errors over and over again. Breaking the complex process of writing into chunks makes helping kids with their writing more effective - and far more fun too. Here are two chunks for you to try for suspenseful writing and showing character. Then follow the link for a free story starters worksheet and parent newsletter. Writing Tips for Children - Learning to Write Suspenseful StoriesBan the boring story. Teach kids how to write great tension scenes that keep the reader hooked. Home school or mainstream, gifted or not, kids all make similar writing errors over and over again. Small steps make learning writing skills easier. Tension scenes are the solution to a dull story.
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