We challenge the grading mindset that squeezes the life out of young writers and replace it with coaching, curiosity, and real audiences. Julie Bogart shares practical steps—jot-it-down, family freewrites, reader response, playful revision, and a kind mechanics mop-up—that help kids find their voice.

• treating writing as self-expression first, transcription second
• separating ideas from mechanics and using scribing or voice-to-text
• shifting from evaluation to allyship and coaching
• creating real audiences to replace single-grader assignments
• using jot-it-down to “publish” kids’ spoken words
• family freewrites to build fluency and confidence
• reader response that guides without wounding
• playful revision that builds flexibility and voice
• gentle mechanics mop-up with student choice and intent
• releasing parent performance pressure and trusting development

About our guest
Julie Bogart is known for her common sense writing, critical thinking and home education advice. Julie’s the creator of the award-winning, innovative online writing program called Brave Writer serving 191 countries and hundreds of thousands of families. She is the author of Help! My Kid Hates Writing, The Brave Learner and Raising Critical Thinkers.

Her Substack, podcast, and social media are wildly popular sources of support to weary, well-intentioned parents. Julie home educated her five children who are now adults and she has three grandchildren.  

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@Julie Bogart

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About the podcast
The KindlED Podcast explores the science of nurturing children's potential and creating empowering learning environments.

Powered by Prenda Microschools, each episode offers actionable insights to help you ignite your child's love of learning. We'll dive into evidence-based tools and techniques that kindle young learners' curiosity, motivation, and well-being.

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