The June Writers Academy Blog
Your guide to supporting your child’s development as a writer and thinker.
Parent Tips: Reading and writing poetry
Our tips for teaching your child to read, write, and edit poetry.
Parent Tips: Practices 1.3.2, 1.3.3 & 1.3.4
How do I teach my gifted kid foundational sentence grammar—especially if s/he already writes beautiful sentences?
Parent Resource: Preparing your gifted child for writing assessments
Download our guide to preparing your gifted child for school and special program writing assessments.
Parent Tip: Spacing
Tips for helping your child learn spacing conventions in Lesson 1.1: Spacing.
Help! Which level is the right starting point for my kid?
We are frequently asked by parents where their children should start in our curriculum. So, we’ve put together some tools that will help you get a sense of where your child fits into the June Writers program.
Live Help Hours Update: Fall 2024
We’ve updated our Live Help Hours for the new school year.
Live Help Hours Update: Summer 2024
We’re updating our Live Help Hours for summer learning.
New Feature: Instant word definitions
We’ve added vocabulary tips to all relevant practices!
New Features: Extension practices, tips & quizzes
We’re excited to announce three new features: extension practices, tips, and lesson quizzes.
Summer Plan: Boost Your Child’s Writing
If you’re looking for a way for your child to improve their writing over the summer, June Writers has three excellent new options for you based on our child- and parent-approved regular program. Registration for our summer programs opens May 1st.
Parent Tip: Writing essays
What does it take to write juicy essays with relative ease beyond the basic ability to write mechanically sound sentences and type or handwrite at length (both important)? The following are what June Writers ensures kids learn before they tackle essay writing:
Help! Which level is the right starting point for my kid?
Our updated guide to where your child should start in our curriculum.
Parent Tip: Assessing your child’s writing level
How can you assess your child’s writing skill level? The truth …
Learning to think through writing and reading
Our critical reading challenges are designed to do two things, in the broadest sense:
Teach kids about specific types of writing issues and skills
Model complex thought
Parent Tips: Lesson 3.3
In Lesson 3.3, we ask kids to adapt existing paragraphs to appeal to specific audiences.