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ERIC Number: EJ647725
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Joining the Writing Club: Everyone Is Welcome. For Parents Particularly.
Lacina, Jan Guidry; Watson, Patricia
Childhood Education, v78 n2 p107-08 Win 2001-2002
Highlights ways parents can support the development of writing at home through engaging activities. Offers suggestions including: (1) writing as an extension of imagination; (2) pictures and words; (3) expanding drawing; (4) entering the social world; and (5) everyday activities as sources of ideas. Asserts that forming a literacy club will help children view themselves as writers. (SD)
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Writing, Literacy Education, Parent Influence, Parent Role, Reading Skills, Writing (Composition), Writing Exercises, Writing Improvement, Writing Skills, Writing Strategies
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Writing Groups