The June Writers Academy Blog
Your guide to supporting your child’s development as a writer and thinker.
Parent Tips: Practice 1.3.1
Adults generally take it for granted that sentences are the building blocks of formal writing, but this was not always a given.
Parent Tips: Practice 1.2.3
June Writers Academy believes strongly in the value of teaching our kids the history and reasoning behind Standard English writing conventions both because the history is fascinating and because it teaches kids why there is value in consistently using the conventions (and when it’s OK to break the rules).
Parent Tips: Practice 1.2.2
Memes are fun ways to engage kids’ natural interest in the humor of the world around them, including the digital world.
Parent Tips: Practice 1.1.4
Some children are more comfortable in the realm of fact and non-fiction than wild creativity, which is totally fine!
Parent Tips: Practices 1.1.3 & 2.1.2
It may be difficult for some children to tap into their full creativity, particularly since we are asking them to think of gentle insults, not mean insults.
Parent Tips: Answers vary
Many of our writing practices do not have one set answer because there’s rarely just one way of writing an idea.
Parent Tips: Typing vs. Handwriting
If your child is typing, and is new to the keyboard, practice patience during these early practices.
Play With Words: Danger—Rip Currents
What new words and phrases can you make with “Danger: Rip Currents?”
Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!
Play With Words: STOP
What new words and phrases can you make with “STOP?”
Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!
Play With Words: Ice Cream Cone
What new words and phrases can you make with “Ice Cream Cone?”
Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!
Play With Words: Only
What new words and phrases can you make with “Only?”
Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!
Play With Words: Bike Lane
What new words and phrases can you make with “bike lane?”
Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!
Play With Words: Speed Limit 15
What new words and phrases can you make with “Speed Limit 15?”
Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!
Play With Words: Speed Humps
What new words and phrases can you make with “Speed Humps?”
Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!
Play With Words: Boarding Zone
What new words and phrases can you make with “Boarding Zone?”
Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!