Brave Writer
@bravewriter.com
Brave Writer (http://bravewriter.com) helps kids fall in love with writing! Founded by Julie Bogart (@juliebogart.bsky.social), author of The Brave Learner and Raising Critical Thinkers.
It is important to have good guidelines for tech in your home... But if your life is being reduced to endless vigilance and fear of dopamine hits and scary internet searches, that’s harming your relationship with your kids.
Keep reading ➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/tech-guideli...
Keep reading ➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/tech-guideli...
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It is important to have good guidelines for tech in your home... But if your life is being reduced to endless vigilance and fear of dopamine hits and scary internet searches, that’s harming your relationship with your kids.
Keep reading ➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/tech-guideli...
Keep reading ➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/tech-guideli...
It turns out, writing does something for us that thinking and talking alone can’t accomplish. It actually helps us think differently and learn something about ourselves and the world around us, too.
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The Trick to Writing Well
A missive for your teens to read: Please share it with them!
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November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It turns out, writing does something for us that thinking and talking alone can’t accomplish. It actually helps us think differently and learn something about ourselves and the world around us, too.
juliebogart.substack.com/p/the-trick-...
juliebogart.substack.com/p/the-trick-...
FREE Webinar: Raise AI-Proof Kids!
Wednesday, November 19 at 4 PM ET
The world is rapidly changing.
AI can write essays, create art, even ace exams.
So where does that leave our kids?
Right at the sweet spot of what only HUMANS can do.
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Wednesday, November 19 at 4 PM ET
The world is rapidly changing.
AI can write essays, create art, even ace exams.
So where does that leave our kids?
Right at the sweet spot of what only HUMANS can do.
➡️ bravewriter.com/landing/rais...
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
FREE Webinar: Raise AI-Proof Kids!
Wednesday, November 19 at 4 PM ET
The world is rapidly changing.
AI can write essays, create art, even ace exams.
So where does that leave our kids?
Right at the sweet spot of what only HUMANS can do.
➡️ bravewriter.com/landing/rais...
Wednesday, November 19 at 4 PM ET
The world is rapidly changing.
AI can write essays, create art, even ace exams.
So where does that leave our kids?
Right at the sweet spot of what only HUMANS can do.
➡️ bravewriter.com/landing/rais...
Take children seriously.
When we shift how we see our children and we shift how we understand learning, all kinds of ideas for teaching emerge.
➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/ongoing-odys...
When we shift how we see our children and we shift how we understand learning, all kinds of ideas for teaching emerge.
➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/ongoing-odys...
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Take children seriously.
When we shift how we see our children and we shift how we understand learning, all kinds of ideas for teaching emerge.
➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/ongoing-odys...
When we shift how we see our children and we shift how we understand learning, all kinds of ideas for teaching emerge.
➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/ongoing-odys...
Learning in #homeschool is first and foremost about the bold notion that learning is not contained by a building or a laptop!
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My Honest Thoughts about Tech in Schooling
And what I wish for today's homeschool parents
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October 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Learning in #homeschool is first and foremost about the bold notion that learning is not contained by a building or a laptop!
juliebogart.substack.com/p/my-honest-...
juliebogart.substack.com/p/my-honest-...
The genius of homeschooling is that the WORLD is your classroom. The conversations you have along the way, the activities you pursue out in the world matter and count!
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The World Is Your Classroom - A Brave Writer's Life in Brief
Learning happens everywhere! The conversations you have along the way, the activities you pursue out in the world matter and count!
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October 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The genius of homeschooling is that the WORLD is your classroom. The conversations you have along the way, the activities you pursue out in the world matter and count!
blog.bravewriter.com/world-is-cla...
blog.bravewriter.com/world-is-cla...
For three days only (ends October 24), when you Buy One Literature Single, you get one FREE. 🎉
Up to 6 guides—3 free titles!
Each guide lasts about a month—so with a handful of singles, you’ve got an entire semester’s worth of language arts covered.
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Up to 6 guides—3 free titles!
Each guide lasts about a month—so with a handful of singles, you’ve got an entire semester’s worth of language arts covered.
store.bravewriter.com/collections/...
Literature Singles
"Buy One, Get One Free" Literature Single SaleEnds October 24 at midnight EDT3 BOGOs (6 Singles) per customerDiscount at checkout You've found our library of living literature! Read a book, talk about...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For three days only (ends October 24), when you Buy One Literature Single, you get one FREE. 🎉
Up to 6 guides—3 free titles!
Each guide lasts about a month—so with a handful of singles, you’ve got an entire semester’s worth of language arts covered.
store.bravewriter.com/collections/...
Up to 6 guides—3 free titles!
Each guide lasts about a month—so with a handful of singles, you’ve got an entire semester’s worth of language arts covered.
store.bravewriter.com/collections/...
Your primary role is to foster a safe space for family to unfurl. When family members feel safe, they feel loved. When family members feel anxious, they feel rejected. And it’s hard to care about learning when feeling bad about self.
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Your primary role is to foster a safe space for family to unfurl. When family members feel safe, they feel loved. When family members feel anxious, they feel rejected. And it’s hard to care about learning when feeling bad about self.
One of the reasons that people struggle with writing is that it doesn’t feel easy.
But what if it could be?
What if your child experienced self-expression as something they enjoy, as something they deserve to have in their toolbox of being human?
blog.bravewriter.com/does-writing...
But what if it could be?
What if your child experienced self-expression as something they enjoy, as something they deserve to have in their toolbox of being human?
blog.bravewriter.com/does-writing...
October 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
One of the reasons that people struggle with writing is that it doesn’t feel easy.
But what if it could be?
What if your child experienced self-expression as something they enjoy, as something they deserve to have in their toolbox of being human?
blog.bravewriter.com/does-writing...
But what if it could be?
What if your child experienced self-expression as something they enjoy, as something they deserve to have in their toolbox of being human?
blog.bravewriter.com/does-writing...
Writing prompt for kids!
Name four favorite books by four different writers. Now imagine that the authors have dinner together. Write the scene. How would everyone act? What would they talk about?
#fridayfreewrite
Name four favorite books by four different writers. Now imagine that the authors have dinner together. Write the scene. How would everyone act? What would they talk about?
#fridayfreewrite
October 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Writing prompt for kids!
Name four favorite books by four different writers. Now imagine that the authors have dinner together. Write the scene. How would everyone act? What would they talk about?
#fridayfreewrite
Name four favorite books by four different writers. Now imagine that the authors have dinner together. Write the scene. How would everyone act? What would they talk about?
#fridayfreewrite
The key to a happy #homeschool is progress in learning. Kids and parents need to know that together they are in a context of discovery, that satisfies the child’s need for two things:
1) challenge to grow, and
2) comfort at having mastered or achieved.
1) challenge to grow, and
2) comfort at having mastered or achieved.
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The key to a happy #homeschool is progress in learning. Kids and parents need to know that together they are in a context of discovery, that satisfies the child’s need for two things:
1) challenge to grow, and
2) comfort at having mastered or achieved.
1) challenge to grow, and
2) comfort at having mastered or achieved.
If you’re worried about your kids right now and the choices they’re making, what matters more is that they know that they are important to you and that you are proud to be their parent.
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October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If you’re worried about your kids right now and the choices they’re making, what matters more is that they know that they are important to you and that you are proud to be their parent.
➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/foundation-o...
➡️ blog.bravewriter.com/foundation-o...
Julie is back from her two-week trip to Italy (with a quick stop in Copenhagen!) and brings stories that weave together travel, literature, and layered learning.
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[Podcast #307] Italy, Literature, and Learning Connections - A Brave Writer's Life in Brief
Julie is back from her two-week trip to Italy and brings stories that weave together travel, literature, and layered learning.
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October 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Julie is back from her two-week trip to Italy (with a quick stop in Copenhagen!) and brings stories that weave together travel, literature, and layered learning.
🎧 blog.bravewriter.com/podcast-ital...
🎧 blog.bravewriter.com/podcast-ital...
The number one way to improve your #homeschool experience is to do it! If you do ONE thing each day, you will make progress and pacify the guilt gremlins.
September 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The number one way to improve your #homeschool experience is to do it! If you do ONE thing each day, you will make progress and pacify the guilt gremlins.
Critical thinking starts with curiosity and a willingness to dissent.
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The Danger of Black and White Thinking - A Brave Writer's Life in Brief
In the homeschool space, sometimes we fall prey to fundamentalist thinking about education—who qualifies as a true homeschooler.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Critical thinking starts with curiosity and a willingness to dissent.
blog.bravewriter.com/danger-black...
blog.bravewriter.com/danger-black...
Idealism can be the enemy of well-being. Idealism harms us when we become more attached to protecting a system of beliefs or practices than providing for the health and well-being of the individual human beings in our care (including ourselves!).
September 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Idealism can be the enemy of well-being. Idealism harms us when we become more attached to protecting a system of beliefs or practices than providing for the health and well-being of the individual human beings in our care (including ourselves!).
Get $10 OFF a Batch of Practice Pages: September 15–25, 2025. Practice Pages are short, doable, and actually work to help kids ages 8–14 finally unlock those tricky grammar and punctuation puzzles.
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Practice Pages
Target tricky writing skills with Practice Pages using copywork and dictation. Free sample
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September 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Get $10 OFF a Batch of Practice Pages: September 15–25, 2025. Practice Pages are short, doable, and actually work to help kids ages 8–14 finally unlock those tricky grammar and punctuation puzzles.
store.bravewriter.com/collections/...
store.bravewriter.com/collections/...
What would happen if we called our children IN to a conversation as opposed to calling them OUT?
Instead of: “You left your shoes on the floor! Pick them up!” say: “I'd like to hear about your shoes on the floor. What are you planning to do with them?” 👟
Instead of: “You left your shoes on the floor! Pick them up!” say: “I'd like to hear about your shoes on the floor. What are you planning to do with them?” 👟
September 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What would happen if we called our children IN to a conversation as opposed to calling them OUT?
Instead of: “You left your shoes on the floor! Pick them up!” say: “I'd like to hear about your shoes on the floor. What are you planning to do with them?” 👟
Instead of: “You left your shoes on the floor! Pick them up!” say: “I'd like to hear about your shoes on the floor. What are you planning to do with them?” 👟
Your children will interpret their childhood through the lens of your relationship to them more than the educational choice you make for them.
➡️ Keep reading: blog.bravewriter.com/the-gift-of-...
➡️ Keep reading: blog.bravewriter.com/the-gift-of-...
September 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Your children will interpret their childhood through the lens of your relationship to them more than the educational choice you make for them.
➡️ Keep reading: blog.bravewriter.com/the-gift-of-...
➡️ Keep reading: blog.bravewriter.com/the-gift-of-...
September’s Dart, Arrow, and Boomerang spotlight code-cracking characters and unlikely heroes.
📚 Dart (ages 8-10): Sidekicks (Book 1)
📚 Arrow (ages 11-12): The Bletchley Riddle
📚 Boomerang (ages 13-14): The Woman All Spies Fear
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📚 Dart (ages 8-10): Sidekicks (Book 1)
📚 Arrow (ages 11-12): The Bletchley Riddle
📚 Boomerang (ages 13-14): The Woman All Spies Fear
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September 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
September’s Dart, Arrow, and Boomerang spotlight code-cracking characters and unlikely heroes.
📚 Dart (ages 8-10): Sidekicks (Book 1)
📚 Arrow (ages 11-12): The Bletchley Riddle
📚 Boomerang (ages 13-14): The Woman All Spies Fear
store.bravewriter.com/collections/...
📚 Dart (ages 8-10): Sidekicks (Book 1)
📚 Arrow (ages 11-12): The Bletchley Riddle
📚 Boomerang (ages 13-14): The Woman All Spies Fear
store.bravewriter.com/collections/...
Embrace inspiration and skill-building by toggling between them. Use traditional tools for a base-level education then depart from them periodically as you gain confidence. Flights of fancy enrich skill-building like a picnic enhances lunch!
#homeschool
#homeschool
August 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Embrace inspiration and skill-building by toggling between them. Use traditional tools for a base-level education then depart from them periodically as you gain confidence. Flights of fancy enrich skill-building like a picnic enhances lunch!
#homeschool
#homeschool
I am thrilled to invite you to a free webinar with Ash Brandin, who is beloved for their sensible and actionable advice about how to enjoy and manage screens with kids! 🎮
August 27, 2025
7 PM Eastern
Replays will be sent to those who register.
➡️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 27, 2025
7 PM Eastern
Replays will be sent to those who register.
➡️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I am thrilled to invite you to a free webinar with Ash Brandin, who is beloved for their sensible and actionable advice about how to enjoy and manage screens with kids! 🎮
August 27, 2025
7 PM Eastern
Replays will be sent to those who register.
➡️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 27, 2025
7 PM Eastern
Replays will be sent to those who register.
➡️ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Textbooks and materials don't hold the keys to educating your children. They only offer you a possible pathway to mastery. As the one in charge, YOU can determine which pieces actually accomplish that goal!
August 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Textbooks and materials don't hold the keys to educating your children. They only offer you a possible pathway to mastery. As the one in charge, YOU can determine which pieces actually accomplish that goal!
Raising a learner means you are teaching intrinsic motivation, not just performance.
August 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Raising a learner means you are teaching intrinsic motivation, not just performance.
Can't wait for our fabulous fall conference and I hope to see YOU there! Join us for a day of play and learning, topped off by a fantastic night at the theater in Cincinnati Ohio!
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Brave Writer's Day Off | Brave Writer
Julie Bogart's Brave Writer fall conference is set for November 15, 2025 for homeschoolers seeking fun, professional development, and a night at the theater. Hosted in Cincinnati Ohio, this weekend of...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Can't wait for our fabulous fall conference and I hope to see YOU there! Join us for a day of play and learning, topped off by a fantastic night at the theater in Cincinnati Ohio!
Learn more: bravewriter.com/products/bra...
Learn more: bravewriter.com/products/bra...