The Write Start: A Guide to Nurturing Writing at Every Stage, from Scribbling to Forming Letters and Writing Stories

Read this a few weeks ago but have been waiting to review it until I had a chance to work with some of the suggestions and activities. I've been a long-time fan of Jennifer's blog, and this book is like a distillation of many of the ideas she has talked about here (though a less pretty, more OT-based) distillation.

So far, Z's started holding his pencil correctly on a much more regular basis since I've used Jennifer's techniques for helping him and started to do some non-pencil small-muscle activities.

The writing activities that we've done so far - a big Thank You sign that Z held for me to photograph as his holiday gift thank you postcard, my asking him to jot down a few items on our running shopping list, for example - have been fun show more for Z and non-stressful for me. show less

Adult nonfiction; education/early literacy. [reviewed from e-galley.] A solid introduction to developmentally appropriate ways of teaching literacy and writing to young children, including 52 fun activities that can be adapted for various developmental levels. Many of these will be familiar to educators who already incorporate literacy activities into their daily plans, but even veterans will find a few helpful new tips and ideas.

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