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Games for Writing: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Write

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Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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There is no skill more important for a child to master more than writing - and none more difficult or fraught with anxiety. Peggy Kaye, renowned teacher and author of the widely praised Games for Math, Games for Reading, and Games for Learning, now gives parents more than fifty ways to help their children become skilled, confident, and enthusiastic writers.



DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 372.623
EAN: 9780374524272
ISBN: 0374524270
Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 218
Publication Date: 1995-08-31
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux


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• Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read
• Games for Math
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• Family Math (Equals Series)
• Games With Books: Twenty-eight of the Best Children's books and How to Use Them to Help Your Child Learn-From Preschool to Third Grade


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Couldnt be happier about this book
Comment: My second grader son was having a REALLY hard time writing.. after a week playing games from this book, his teachers and I are completely amazed with the change; he woke me up one morning to show me the poem he had written for me!! and he is writing a lot (his own initiative).
He wants me to take the book, paper and a pencil everywhere (restaurants, etc).

I couldnt be happier about this book...HIGHLY recommended

Customer Rating:
Summary: Fabulous!
Comment: We absolutely LOVE this book. I pulled my son out of Kindergarten to homeschool him because he was miserable with all of the worksheets and it made him hate writing! This book saved us. These games are fun and it doesn't really even feel like "work". Writing doesn't have to be boring. He has improved 100% and no longer complains about writing... It's even fun for me!

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book for a writing workshop!
Comment: This book has lots of good ideas that can be implemented in writing workshops for any age.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Love this book!
Comment: This book gives great ideas on how to stimulate your child's interest in writing it's ideas are so practical and user friendly that anyone can start to apply it right away.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for Homeschooling
Comment: This is a wonderful book for the homeschooling environment. First, the author is a tutor for children struggling with public school methods, so she offers enjoyable, imaginative alternatives to the plug and chug kids get in school. Second, as a tutor, the author works with children primarily one-on-one. These games, therefore, lend themselves naturally to the experience of home schooling. Third, the author provides meaningful explanation of the kinds of writing and thinking skills each game addresses; in this sense, these games are more than games. Finally, many of these games can be tied in easily to whatever other content you may be covering at the moment. For example, I found a wonderful game in here that I plan on using when my son and I cover the artistic concept of "line". I also appreciate the chart in the back of the book that categorizes each game according to grade level.

On the whole, the author takes a "bottom up" approach to writing. Ditch the spelling tests and grammar grind for now, and teach kids to love writing by providing writing exercises that they'll love. She respects and celebrates the kidness of kids.

You can really get several years of use out of this book, even with no other writing book.

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