Old Sarge Introduction

[GAW9576]

Glad to help in any way I can. It was about 11:00 at night and after the first couple of Ps I figured I'd run with it. I homeschool my 3 children and with there writing assignments one of the things they learn is called dress ups. ( little things to make the writing more interesting) our favorite dress up is alliteration (In literature, alliteration is the conspicuous repetition of identical initial consonant sounds in successive or closely associated syllables within a group of words, even those spelled differently.)

Homeschooling three children must be a handful and you must have the patience of a saint! I've never heard of the term dress up, but can see that it and alliteration are a handy device to make a reader more drawn to the writing.

There are a lot of different dress ups in the curriculum we use, which is from The Institute for Excellence in Writing. The kids are catching on to much of it better than I am. Homeschooling 3 kids 12 and under definitely tests my patience on a regular basis. However I think they are learning quite well and it is less frustrating and for less physically damaging than the last few jobs I had before starting the homeschooling journey.