Word Up, Nerd Up

a few words about words

Writing: Warm-Up Exercise

I lead a small writing class for some of my favorite homeschooled ballerinas.  I spend about an hour per week with Word Nerd Teen (14), Cookie (11) and Mini (8). A good portion of that time is spent being thankful that I have such wonderful young ladies in my life, but we occasionally manage to work [...]

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tutorial: fabric composition books

I wanted to make some pretty notebooks for the three young ladies in my homeschool writing class. My first thought was to cover a spiral with scrapbook paper (easy-peasy), but spirals aren’t known for being heavy duty. After digging around my stash, I decided that fabric covered composition books would be perfect.   For each book [...]

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