Product Overview
A perfect pair!
Kids grow naturally from fluent speakers to powerful writers when they have developmentally appropriate tools and an enthusiastic partner to guide and support them.
You're that partner; we've got the tools.
In this two-product bundle, we combine two interlocking programs for a year of essential language arts and early mathematical concepts:
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Monthly handbooks that pair with picture books to entice children to playfully engage with reading, writing, and math! (This bundle includes Collection One—see themes on Quill page. The Quill can be done in any order.)
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A program of monthly oral and writing projects that capitalize on your child's big vocabulary and your ability to jot it down. (Jot It Down!)
Add a handwriting book and a phonics program, and you'll be all set!
About our products
Each product is a non-consumable PDF and can be used for more than one child in your family, particularly if close in age, and again with other children as they come of age.
Please note!
After payment, you’ll receive instructions for how to log into your Brave Writer account and download your products. Inside your account, you'll find a wealth of free materials to help you prepare for your year.
Want a print copy? Go to the front of the line at the Homeschool Printing Company with a special Brave Writer offer. Order here.
Quill Collection One
The Quill is Brave Writer’s joyful introduction to reading, writing, and math for your youngest learners. With ten playful, theme-based handbooks, the year-long program builds pre-literacy skills through stories, games, hands-on activities, and creative exploration. The Quill turns early learning into delightful discovery—laying a strong, happy foundation for homeschool success!
Learn more about Quill Collection One
The happiest start to homeschooling
Grab your books and pencils! The Quill is our revolutionary product that puts joy at the center of reading, writing, and math for the youngest crowd.
Our year-long program has ten month-long lesson plans that develop pre-literacy skills!
Lead your child into literacy of all kinds:
- Identifying letters and punctuation
- Differentiating between upper and lowercase alphabets, in various fonts
- Interpreting symbols and images
- Applying mathematical concepts: numbers, proportion, scale, measurement, and shapes
- Deciphering illustrations and images
- Understanding emotions and body language
- Practicing handwriting and pencil management
- Developing a rich vocabulary in specific language domains
- Exploring literary devices
- Building fine and gross motor skills
- Plus: oodles of games and activities
Turn early literacy into play!
Each handbook explores essential reading, handwriting, and math skills through a theme.
Enjoy Quills in any order.
Themes:
- Wordless Picture Books
- Riddles & Jokes
- Art
- Wild Animals
- Transportation
- Poetry
- Cooking
- Rocks Rock
- Buggy Bugs
- Spectacular Sports
Note: The Wordless Picture Books Quill is in both Quill Collections because it offers foundational practices for exploring books with Quill-age kids.
Lay a great foundation in reading, writing, and math now!
The Quill* is delivered to your Brave Writer online account. Each handbook is four-color, about 30-40 pages, is a non-consumable PDF, and can be used with multiple children in your family (no need to purchase additional copies).
Want a print copy? Go to the front of the line at the Homeschool Printing Company with a special Brave Writer offer. Order here.
Note: The Quill is one part of the Beginning Writers Bundle.
*The Quill is not a phonics, handwriting, or arithmetic program. It is a pre-literacy program that makes learning to read, handwrite, and apply mathematical concepts easier.
Jot It Down! (5-7 yrs)
Ten delightful, academically-sound writing projects and a slew of oral language activities that provide a strong language arts foundation (for kids ages 5-7).
Learn more about Jot It Down! (5-7 yrs)
Catch your child in the act of self-expression
Welcome to the joy of writing without requiring your child to lift a pencil!
Jot It Down offers a collection of delightful activities:
- Writing fairytales
- Going on scavenger hunts in art museums
- Designing a photo journal
- Writing a mini book about animals
- Setting up a mail system in your house
- Creating posters, lists, and exploring the world of numbers
- Drawing a full sized body shape and filling it with words
- Three sorts of parties
- Not to mention poetry, music, recitation, and oral games!
By jotting down your child's words even before they know how to read, your youngest children discover that they're writers already!
Included in the program:
- Guidance for poetry recitation, word play, nature study, art appreciation, music, and movies
- Ten month-long writing projects: letters, fairytale narrations, posters, mini-books, lists, writing about numbers, and body art
- A tool to plan the projects
- A tool to track the skills your child gains
- A sample schedule (routine) for how to incorporate these practices into your year
Children love these projects because they get to hold in their hands evidence that they are writers, even when they're still learning to read and handwrite.
Jot It Down! is 80+ pages in a four-color PDF file. Looks great on tablets and iPads, or can be printed. The product is non-consumable and can be used for multiple children in your own family at once. Each activity can be done more than one time with a fresh topic to practice the formats.
Want a print copy? Go to the front of the line at the Homeschool Printing Company with a special Brave Writer offer. Order here.
Note: Jot It Down is one part of the Beginning Writers Bundle.
