I will say that I think one important hinge that composition hangs on is having your child read truly great literature and plenty of it-also lots of mom reading aloud for the child to get an idea of how great language sounds and should be read. You may have read it already but someone usually bumps it to the top around this time of year as moms are trying to decide on curricula for next fall.

I will find it and bump it to the top for you. There is a wonderful thread on writing programs around here somewhere. However, I truly believe that Charlotte Mason’s methods are more than enough. You may or may not enjoy reading The Writer’s Jungle which is a guide to teach parents how to teach writing. Also, her compositions show her own style and are not formulaic in any way while my son struggled in these areas. Her writing skills are growing every day and she naturally adds all the things to her compositions that IEW taught my son to add in. She slowly developed into a good writer by 7th grade. I chose to trust Charlotte and follow her methods with my daughter. He slowly developed into a good writer and was writing nice papers by 9th grade. I purchased a writing curriculum (IEW) for my son when he hit middle school age because I thought CM methods were not enough. However a mom who learns about Charlotte Mason’s methods and applies them is really in no need of purchasing or using Bravewriter. I think it would be really good for a mom who just feels that she has to have a program and is maybe being to rigid in her writing expectations for young children.

The student then copies from these great writers and finally composes his/her own compositions via written narrations. He/she forms relationships with great writers and their writing style. The child reads great literature and becomes familiar with great writing.

It’s the whole CM language arts process that works together to build a great writer. I’m going to chime in and say that yes, I do think written narration is more than enough, when coupled with other CM methods, to teach a child to write well.

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