How much help should you give your young writers? Lots!
Did you know:
writers need partners?
you aren't cheating when you help your child learn to write?
learning to write can be pleasurable?
Kids these ages love to make little books, posters, or timelines. They crack secret codes and draw imaginary maps.
Children (8-10) apply their budding reading skills to writing for wonderful and hilarious results. Capitalize on their spirit of adventure and risk-taking!
Learn how to provide the right kind of support to your children’s rapidly developing skill set. The Emerging Writers Bundle offers you delight-based, academically-sound materials to be enjoyed over the course of a year or more!
Once your child can read, it’s tempting to think they ought to go it alone in writing. Not so!
Be the partner your child needs, guilt free.
This bundle contains the 2024-25 Year-Long Dart book list. The 2025-2026 program will be available starting June 2. Save the date!
In the Emerging Writer’s Bundle, we combine three interlocking programs for a year of essential language arts:
An easy-to-use manual to help you teach your kids how to write. (Growing Brave Writers)
Monthly handbooks that pair with read aloud novels. Discover the "not boring" way to learn grammar, punctuation, and reading comprehension! (See book list on Dart page)
A program of oral language activities and ten writing assignments that arerightfor this age and stage. (Partnership Writing)
Our bundles are made up of year-long, non-consumable PDF products. We show you how to put them together for a rich writing life! These tools can be used for more than one child at a time in your family, particularly if close in age, and again with additional 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.
All products are digital and downloadable. All sales are FINAL. No refunds.
Brave Writer Sampler
New to our program?
Click here for a sneak peek of our products. Our year-long bundles are beautifully designed, non-consumable and meaty! Not to worry—we'll hold your hand with lots of guidance so that implementation is a breeze! Download and print the samples or view them on your tablet.
Brave Writer has served over 100,000 families, over 22 years, in 191 countries. We know what works!
I see their eyes light up when it comes to their stories or writing projects. I am already noticing small changes in the kids each time we do something new. Please get this program. I promise it will be the best choice ever made for you and the kids. Run or walk to order Brave Writer.
Sarita Kemper
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Purchase Individual Items
Customize your program to suit your family and needs! Each of the three programs can be purchased individually. Create your customized program using recommended resources below.
Growing Brave Writers
$79.00
Growing Brave Writers
$79.00
Put away the red pen!
Most programs tell students what to write. We show them how to write.
Growing Brave Writersis the essential training you need to be the delightful writing coach your children deserve. End writer’s block!
One product to teach all your kids, and will last your entire homeschool career!
Together, you and your kids will:
play oral and writing games
grow a rich vocabulary
do research
freewrite (unblocks your blocked writers)
revise (brand new material)
edit (two strategies your kids will embrace)
polish fiction and nonfiction writing
Empower your kids to feelgoodabout writing.
This program works for a wide-range of children. Perfect for children who can read easily and handwrite comfortably.
Each chapter contains:
A coaching guide for a writing practice
A writing activity with detailed instructions
A checklist for completion
A sample written narrative of skills mastered
An additional chapter and an appendix feature:
Directions for how to use the program in co-ops, with schooled children, and across the curriculum
Writing samples for the activities
Growing Brave Writersis a 200+ page PDF file. It’s non-consumable and works well with students of all ages (8–18). It’s designed to support a writer doing any kind of writing, including assignments in other programs or classes, for homeschooled and traditionally schooled students.
Purchase perks! Upon purchase, automatically enter into a 10-month email workflow that will guide you step-by-step! Implementation was never so easy!
Want a print copy? Go to the front of the line at the Homeschool Printing Company with a special Brave Writer offer. Orderhere.
All products are digital and downloadable. All sales are FINAL. No refunds.
Dart
$179.55$149.00
Dart
$179.55$149.00
Bringing literature, grammar, and joy together
Jumpstart your writing program with delight! TheDartinvites kids ages 8-10 to enjoy literature while learning to write.
Our year-long program is delivered in nine month-long lesson plans, released monthly. Each handbook features a novel and immerses your child in the world of:
stories
literary devices
grammar
punctuation
spelling
and book club parties
Discover how easy it is to teach writing using literature!
Our program uses the time-tested practices of copywork and dictation as key tools to teach punctuation, spelling, and grammar naturally in context. Don't worry—we'll show you how.
Each handbook contains:
Notes to go with a selected read-aloud (book not provided)
Four passages taken from the novel for copywork and dictation, one per week
Easy-to-follow instructions to teach writing elements found in the passages
Playful and effective grammar and punctuation activities that kids love
A delightful writing exercise to apply what they have learned
Nine comprehension questions
Book club party ideas
Copywork passages on separate printable pages
Four-color design that looks gorgeous on tablets or printed at home
TheDartprogram comes with Guidelines to help you implement the practices of copywork and dictation, as well as a planning tool and a writing skills tracker to help you stay attuned to your child's progress.
Start any time. Enjoy the published Darts in any order. You will receive all nine by April 2025.
Delivery: TheDartis delivered to your Brave Writer online account once per month on the 15th. Each handbook (40-50 pages) is a non-consumable PDF and can be used with multiple children in your own family—no need to purchase additional copies.
Swap one!This year, when you purchase the year-long program, you can swap one handbook in the program for a handbook in the Literature Singles collection. Find the swap form in your account after purchase.
Join the thousands of families that have made Dart the #1 Brave Writer program!
Want a print copy? Go to the front of the line at the Homeschool Printing Company with a special Brave Writer offer. Orderhere.
Note: The Dart is one part of the Emerging Writers Bundle. Get all three parts of the Brave Writer program in one bundle! All products are digital and downloadable. All sales are FINAL. No refunds.
When you partner with your child, writing skills and confidence soar!
Partnership Writing features a wide array of flexible writing projects that work for families with kids under 12.
What kid wouldn't enjoy a few of these?
Breaking secret codes
Creating a personal timeline
Writing a humorous homophone mini book
Investigating who, what, where, when, and why
Designing an imaginary map
Crafting a lap book about a Greek myth or tall tale
Writing ad copy for a historical artifact
Not to mention enjoying poetry, movies, music, and oral games!
Bring writing voice and writing formats together!
The most overlooked practice in writing is working with a partner.
Good news! You get to be that partner for your child.
Included in thePartnership Writingprogram:
Guidance for poetry recitation, word play, nature study, art appreciation, music, and movies
Ten month-long writing projects: secret codes, personal time line, mini books, lap books, mail order catalog, how-to project, and written narrations, to name several.
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
This program offers the maximum flexibility for your family. Can be modified up or down in challenge level for kids between the ages of 5 and 12! One program for the entire family.
Partnership Writingis 113+ 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 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. Orderhere.
Join our resource-rich Brave Learner Home community! Over 17,000 members strong, we offer monthly professional development webinars, monthly themed lesson plans, a community coaching discussion board, and oodles of trainings about how to homeschool and parent. Members get early access to our online class registration as well as other perks.
