June Writers is now open!
We’re thrilled to announce that June Writers Academy is now live!
Mid-October is usually the time of year when parents begin to notice if their hopes for their child’s development in school are not matching reality. Is your child doing much writing at school? If so, is it meaningful writing work that challenges them to think and analyze their—or other writers’—thoughts? Does your child understand why we use commas and when to use them? Are they on track to move from learning to write to writing to learn by the time they’re in middle school? Do they love words? Do they think reading and writing are relevant to their lives?
If you answered no to any of those questions, or even if you didn’t, we invite you to join the June Writers Academy community and give your child the gift of words. June Writers was born from the desire of a group of parents to give children access to a comprehensive, rigorous, and joyful home-based writing and critical thinking curriculum. We wanted to teach humanities at the level that many kids are ready to access, but too often is not available in classrooms. This sort of deep problem-solving enrichment program is now easily found in math and other STEM fields for kids but has been notably absent when it comes to writing, critical thinking, and other humanities disciplines.
The June Writers Academy Philosophy
The power of writing.
Whether your child grows up to become an engineer or a poet, they will be clearer, more powerful, and more nuanced thinkers if they are taught to invest in their writing early and often. Writing is our brain and hearts made visible, and writing well and often teaches us to refine our thought processes. Our children are growing up in a world where critical thinking will shape their success—on this planet and in a work environment where AI will play an ever-larger role in technical tasks. Will your child be ready?
Kids are highly capable.
We have seen time and again that kids are capable of hard things and beautiful writing if given the opportunity and support to try. Our kids need to learn the conventions of grammar and writing mechanics, from commas and verb-subject agreement to how to spell and decode Greek & Latin roots. But that should just be the starting point. Kids do better when they understand the reasoning and history behind writing conventions: Why do we use commas? Who invented them and why? What does that tell you about how to approach ambiguous writing situations?
Similarly, we strongly believe that kids need to learn to build and use complex arguments as the foundation of their writing. Too often, children are taught to write template-based essays that are essentially simple bullet-point lists strung together with connecting phrases. These essays are mechanically sound but don’t engage the full potential of our children’s ability to think deeply and critically. June Writers Academy teaches kids how to ground even their earliest paragraphs in rigorous thought, appropriate to their age. We also teach kids to be flexible writers who can work beyond templates. We show them how to adapt their writing to suit any given situation, from school to far beyond, because their future won’t look like today’s world.
Words are fun.
We passionately believe that words are just a whole lot of fun and that ideas can upend worlds. June Writers brings that authentic love of words to all parts of our program. Our goal is to infect your child with the same life-long love.
Ready to get started?
✔ Emerging readers: If you have a child in the process of learning to read and/or write first phrases, check out our free Play With Words videos for a fun way to strengthen their word sense.
✔ Emerging writers: If you have a child who is already comfortable writing phrases but not yet writing sentences with ease, sign them up for our comprehensive writing and critical thinking program. We give your child the support they need to improve their writing and critical thinking—without the expense of a private tutor or special classes.
✔ Older children: We’re hard at work producing Level 2—for kids comfortable writing complex sentences and/or basic short texts but not yet writing arguments at the paragraph level with ease—and look forward to making that available in the coming months. Sign up for our newsletter (below) to be the first to hear about level launches, including Level 3 and beyond.
Happy launch day! We look forward to helping your child grow into their mind’s full potential.
