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Review: The Write Start

January 5, 2011 Ticia 8 Comments


So back a month or so ago I got asked to review this book.  At the time I thought, “Perfect, I’m really wanting to start focusing on writing with the kids.”

I’m happy to say I was right!  I tore through the firs several chapters about writing theory, and the definitions of the different stages of writing.  How to encourage it and then slowed down on the last half of specific suggestions.

Now, down to the nitty gritty of the review, who is this for?  I’d say it’s aimed more towards parents than classroom teachers.  This is for the parent who wants to give their child a little extra help or something else to do.  It really reminded me of a combination of all of my education classes for reading/writing.  It went into a fair amount more detail on writing, but I never took a specifically writing course.

The first half of the book, like I said before is more of a theory and a few ideas of how to inspired your kids.

The second half is where the wonder lies.  It’s 52 different ideas for getting your child writing, and the great part is she gives ideas for each of the different ability levels she describes in her book.  So, if your child is a scribbler, than here’s ideas to help them move along.  If your child is a speller, here’s some ideas to help move them along; so on and so forth.

I’m already thinking how I can incorporate many of these ideas into my homeschooling, and have done a few little things, and am in process of setting up some of the bigger things.

I totally recommend this book if you want to encourage your child’s writing, I’m loving my copy and think I might reread it soon.

I’m going to link this up to Works for Me Wednesday to spread the word of my loving this book.

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Comments

  1. Christy says

    January 5, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    This book sounds great.

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  2. Raising a Happy Child says

    January 5, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    I saw it reviewed on another blog, and it sounds very good.

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  3. Kylie says

    January 5, 2011 at 11:18 pm

    oh this sounds like something I need to check out, thanks for sharing 🙂

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  4. An Almost Unschooling Mom says

    January 5, 2011 at 11:57 pm

    Great to know!

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  5. Elise says

    January 6, 2011 at 10:56 am

    Right up my alley, particularly as Savvy is showing a real interest in writing.

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  6. Kim says

    January 6, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    What a great review. I am going to look into this book a little more. Cole and I both need ideas for this. 🙂

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  7. MaryAnne says

    January 6, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    I'm intrigued. I think I need something similar for numbers and mathematics. Any recommendations?

    Reply
  8. Nicole {tired, need sleep} says

    January 7, 2011 at 1:24 pm

    Sounds like a great book! I will have to keep it in mind for when Matthew is a bit older. BTW, I love your new blog header. 🙂 It's perfect.

    (I think I may have left a blank comment on here prior to this one – ? Or accidentally typed one here that was for someone else – oops!)

    Hope you are having a great week, Ticia!

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