It’s time for another Live Ask Andrew Anything episode! Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they answer questions from listeners. They were joined by Ashley from Joyful Noise Learning, who asked how to answer a child who asks, “Why do I have to learn writing when I am not going to be a writer when I grow up?” Andrew also shares what he is reading to his grandchildren as well as a few other book recommendations.
Referenced Materials
Joyful Noise Learning
However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
Penrod by Booth Tarkington
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
Dual Enrollment with Christian Halls International
University-Ready Writing
Introduction to Public Speaking
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
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Apr 10
In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the goodness of memory. Andrew shares his experiences with memorization and some of the reasons behind his passion for it. They introduce a new tool that will help you furnish the mind with poetry, songs, math facts, and more.
Referenced Materials
Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
Mastery Learning, Ability Development, and Individualized Education audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
Ten Thousand Times and then Begins Understanding audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
By Heart: The Goodness of Memory audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
"The Fly" by Ogden Nash
"Relativity" by Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
How to Think like Shakespeare: Lessons from a Renaissance Education by Scott Newstok
Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare, Part 1
Memory Mentor
"The Children’s Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Apr 3
In this episode Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the importance of learning the basic essay model even when many say it is outdated or formulaic. Learn how to take the basic essay model and expand it to a super-essay. Andrew even discusses the name of the longest essay model that uses one of his favorite words.
Referenced Materials
“De-Confusing Essays” article by Andrew Pudewa
Unit 8: Easy Essays and Beyond webinar
University-Ready Writing
University-Ready Writing free lessons
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
Seminar Workbook
Magnum Opus Magazine Unit 8 samples
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
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Mar 27
Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker give a quick overview of how to start with IEW before diving into the question of how long students should use IEW courses. Students sometimes complain that they are doing the same thing over and over again. Learn why Andrew recommends the repetition of the Structure and Style syllabus over multiple years and whether students will ever graduate from the checklist.
Referenced Materials
How to Get Started with IEW
IEW Homeschool Magalog
IEW Pathway
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
Structure and Style for Students
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
“Celebrate the Checklist”
Introduction to Public Speaking
Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
University-Ready Writing
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
Mar 20
Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker spend this episode sharing the legacy of Dr. James B. Webster. Hear the stories behind the unit models and a few personal anecdotes from Andrew’s long friendship with him. As Andrew said, “If you have benefitted from IEW in any way, you can be grateful for his brilliance, his vision that all children could learn to write well, and his decades-long friendship with me—without which IEW would not exist.”
Referenced Materials
Dr. James B. Webster
Anna Ingham
IEW’s story
Dr. Webster’s obituary
Blended Structure and Style in Composition by Dr. James B. Webster
Blended Sound-Sight Program of Learning by Anna Ingham
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Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
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Mar 13
In this Homeschool 101 episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the importance of attending homeschooling conventions. They reminisce about the conventions they have attended and their favorite things to do when attending a convention. Andrew shares his heart on why home educators and grandparents should make the time and put forth the effort to attend a homeschool convention.
Referenced Materials
Great Homeschool Convention-South Carolina (GHC-SC)
GHC-Missouri
GHC-Ohio
UTCH Convention 2024
IDEA Anchorage
IDEA Soldotna
IDEA Fairbanks
IDEA Juneau
FPEA Florida Homeschool Convention
NCFCA National Championship
41st Annual Virginia Homeschool Convention (HEAV)
CHEA's Annual Homeschool Convention
2024 Northern California Homeschool Convention
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
Mar 6
Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk to Lisa VanDamme, founder of the VanDamme Academy in Southern California. Lisa is passionate about making meaningful works of literature part of everyone’s life. They are joined by Joseph Tabenkin, who began following her reading program and developed an app for it: Read With Me. Listen to this episode as Andrew and Lisa compare favorite novels and share the joy of reading.
Referenced Materials
Lisa VanDamme
VanDamme Academy
Read With Me
Joseph Tabenkin
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Ninety-Three by Victor Hugo
IEW Book Recommendations
VanDamme Academy favorite books
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
Feb 28
More than a podcast episode, this interview is a chance to listen to two friends share the story of how they met and the impact each has had on the other. Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Adam Andrews about the history of the Teaching the Classics course and CenterForLit as well as the importance of using Socratic questioning to listen to and learn from authors as they speak through their writing.
Referenced Materials
Teaching the Classics
CenterForLit
Ready Readers
Pelican Society
“Rikki Tikki Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
BiblioFiles
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
Transcript of Podcast Episode 413
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Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
Feb 21
Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss preparing to teach Unit 7: Inventive Writing. While most writing programs start with writing from a prompt, the Structure and Style method does not teach this until later in the course. Learn why this is and discover tips for helping even the youngest writers overcome the blank page.
Referenced Materials
Episode 398: Think like Shakespeare
Cultivating Language Arts – Preschool through High School audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
2023 Essay Contest Winners
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style (TWSS)
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.com
Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
Feb 14
In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker talk with Sara Osborne, author of Reading for the Long Run: Leading Struggling Students into the Reading Life. Listen as they discuss her comparison of teaching reading to long distance running and the surprising rewards for both the teacher and the student when learning is hard.
Referenced Materials
Reading for the Long Run by Sara Osborne
Learning Differences? IEW can help!
R14: Learning Differences, Part 1 — Dyslexia
Episode 159: IEW and Dyslexia: A Conversation with Susan Barton
Episode 197: While Andrew's Away: Living with Dyslexia—An Interview with Chris Pudewa
Episode 231: The Dyslexic Advantage: A Conversation with Brock and Fernette Eide
Episode 363: IEW Helps Students with Dyslexia
Episode 378: IEW and Dysgraphia with Jennifer Mauser
Transcript of Podcast Episode 411
If you have questions for Andrew, send them to podcast@IEW.comPerhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).
If you have questions about IEW products or classes, contact customer service at 800.856.5815 or info@IEW.com
Feb 7
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