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Title: Any Child Can Write by Harvey S. Wiener, Harvey S. Weiner ISBN: 0-19-509415-8 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: December, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great addition to the home library
Comment: As a home schooler of seven plus years, we have been using the suggestions and ideas in this book for the past couple of years and have found them most effective. Our children enjoy the activities and I have noticed an improvement in their writing skills which I am sure is due, in part, to these activities. The book itself is a very easy read and I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It's a great resource for those just beginning home schooling and, for those already established, provides some new ideas to add to their programme. For those not home schooling it will assist parents who are eager to help their children improve their writing skills. Well done Mr Wiener and thank you!
Rating: 1
Summary: Typical dumbing-down example
Comment: Despite the fact that the author styles himself an expert in the field of educating children, this book is a clear example of the dumbing-down of education in America. The author suggests that parents can stimulate writing in their children by giving them examples to follow. What are the examples he gives? Doing shopping lists and crossword puzzles. The writing samples he gives are atrocious, but they are supposed to express the individual creativity of the child. By the way, I found several examples of grammatical errors. As a professional writer myself, I recommend you stay away from this book. I recommend "The Writing Road to Reading" by Romalda Spaulding as a good alternative.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Writing Advice and Ideas
Comment: Descriptive, creative expression is the focus of Wiener's book. He gives many concrete examples of how to improve the quality of one's writing. This book is full of fun activities to encourage lively, precise writing--yet it has none of those ghastly, contrived writing assignments.
Instead the author states: "A better synonym for creative writing is 'autobiography.' Those countless moments in an individual's life--brief, intense stretches of time--stud a child's day and glitter in his mind like diamonds long after the moments pass. By recalling those moments of experience through sensory language--specific, exact, sharply drawn--the young writer can practice the vital skills of writing. ...you should mine the riches of experiences in every child's world, riches for the pen or pencil to transform into record."
My children refer to the lists of tips I copied from "Any Child Can Write" as they write about their experiences, or a book they read, or a painting they studied. The lists help them write a description of a place or person or event. They also use more descriptive vocabulary as they write about a photo to place in their scrapbook. We find our writing has improved from our time with Mr. Wiener.
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Title: If You're Trying to Teach Kids How to Write, You'Ve Gotta Have This Book (Ip, 62-5) by Marjorie Frank, Judy Howard, Kathleen Bullock ISBN: 0865303177 Publisher: Incentive Pubns Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: You Can Teach Your Child Successfully: Grades 4-8 by Ruth Beechick ISBN: 0940319047 Publisher: Arrow Pr Pub. Date: December, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Three R's / Includes a Colored Wall Chart by Ruth Beechick ISBN: 0940319063 Publisher: Arrow Pr Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock, Verne N. Rockcastle ISBN: 0801493846 Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1986 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Usborne Book of World History (Guided Discovery Program) by Jenny Tyler, Gee Robyn, Anne Millard ISBN: 0860209598 Publisher: E D C Publications Pub. Date: July, 1986 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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