May 5–9 is Teacher Appreciation Week. What gifts do teachers appreciate most? Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker share some ideas for showing appreciation to all the teachers in your life.

• “Gifts for Teachers: What They REALLY Want”
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style®
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 476

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Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker sit down with Stacia Lowe, a homeschool teacher who is passionate about providing hope and stressless homeschooling through budgeting. She shares inspiring stories and tips for making budgeting less painful. If you are concerned about the cost of homeschooling, this is an encouraging episode.

• Books by Stacia Rae Lowe & Adam Alva Lowe
• Knot Your Average Knitting classes and other homeschool resources
• Lowe Budget Digital Products
• Stacia’s Newsletter
• Stacia’s Blog
• A capella sample of The Sonshiners
• Knits 'n Novels - Instagram
• Stacia Rae Lowe, Author - Facebook

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Perhaps your question will be answered at the next Ask Andrew Anything (AAA).

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker interview Jeff Nease, who provides support to schools using IEW materials in his role as IEW’s Implementation Coach. Jeff shares his passion for training teachers to use IEW in their classrooms. Andrew, Julie, and Jeff also discuss the 4-Step Implementation Plan and the various options for training that IEW provides.

• IEW Schools Department
• Jeff Nease
• Structure and Style® for Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• “An Exciting Addition to Premium Membership: TTAP”
• Virtual Teaching Writing: Structure and Style workshop
• Premium Membership

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).

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April is National Poetry Month. In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker discuss the history of Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization, one of Andrew’s favorite projects. Listen as they talk about how this course works and share some stories we have received from students and adults who have found joy in memorizing poetry. As Andrew says at the end, “Memorizing poetry enriches not just the intellect but also the soul.”

• Nurturing Competent Communicators audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• By Heart: The Goodness of Memory audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization free lessons
• Memory Mentor™
• Transcript for Podcast Episode 473

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In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker open the mailbag (or the email inbox) and read letters IEW has received from students, parents, and teachers. Listen to this episode to find out how IEW has assisted refugee students, how teachers are incorporating IEW into their classrooms, and how IEW assists students long after they have completed high school. Often students send Andrew samples of their work, and he shares some excerpts in this podcast.

• Bible Heroes
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 1 Level A
• Fix It!® Grammar
• IEW Schools Department
• IEW Schools Educational Consultants
• Structure and Style for Students
• Structure and Style for Students: Year 1 Level C
• IEW® Gradebook
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Poetic Power Poetry Contest
• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization free lessons

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).

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How does furnishing the mind by reading and appreciating poetry help students learn to think? Join Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker as they discuss the importance of poetry in providing vocabulary, linguistic patterns, and distillation of thoughts. Poetry lends itself to the contemplation of imagination and the beauty of the words. Students learn to think more deeply as they read, enjoy, and think about the words, ideas, and images in poems.

• Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization
• Memory Mentor™
• Introduction to Public Speaking
• Structure and Style® for Students: Year 3 Level B
• “Furnishing the Mind: The Power of the Written Word”

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).

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In this Live Ask Andrew Anything episode, Andrew Pudewa answers questions submitted by listeners. Andrew, along with Julie Walker, discusses how to implement IEW if the parent has learning differences, whether a formal spelling curriculum is needed, how to differentiate the roles of editor and grader, and other questions. Andrew shares anecdotes from the class he is teaching with his grandchildren and their friends and provides encouragement for new-to-IEW moms!

• Structure and Style® for Students
• Structure and Style for Students free lessons
• Accredited Instructors
• IEW® Gradebook
• Primary Arts of Language (PAL)
• The Phonetic Zoo
• “Why Hire an Editor?”
• Four Deadly Errors of Teaching Writing audio talk by Andrew Pudewa
• Premium Membership
• Portable Walls™ for Structure and Style Students
• Teaching Writing: Structure and Style
• Fix It!® Grammar
• Fix It! Grammar free lessons
• Transcript of Podcast Episode 470

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

In this episode, Andrew Pudewa and Julie Walker announce the prompts for the 2025 IEW Writing Contest. Andrew talks about why students should participate in writing contests, and Julie shares a story from her past about the importance of following instructions. Be sure to listen for the special prizes for the tenth annual IEW Writing Contest!

• Writing Contests
• 2025 IEW Writing Contest
• “The Benefits of Entering Writing Contests”
• Magnum Opus Magazine
• Transcript of Episode 469

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