Janelle Knutson

Public speaking is one of those skills our kids will use for the rest of their lives—but actually teaching it at home can feel a little intimidating. What do you teach? How do you teach it? And how do you get a reluctant student to actually stand up and speak?
That’s where this 12 week, video-based course from IEW comes in! Watch my review of Introduction to Public Speaking to learn how this course can help build confident and competent speakers and communicators.

Are you looking for a writing curriculum for your middle school homeschooler? If so, I want to give you a look at IEW’s U.S. History-Based Writing Lessons.

This is a full-year writing course that is ideal for students in about 6th through 8th grade, although it can be adapted for both younger and older students making it great for family-style learning.

In this video, I’m going to show you what the course covers, what it comes with, how much teaching is required from the parent, how you might adapt the schedule, and then I’m going to flip the camera around and give you a look inside the curriculum so you can see how a typical lesson works.

Did you know that IEW came out with a brand-new edition of their Teaching Writing: Structure and Style course for parents and teachers? Well, they did and I’m going to try to answer all your questions like: Who actually needs this course? What exactly is it? How does it work? And how is it different from the older editions?