(Part 3) Best children education books according to redditors
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48. Print Wacky Sentences: First and Second Grade Writing Practice Workbook: (Reproducible)
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He's trying to be cutesy but it's coming off way weird.
When I received these I would critique their form. (Helps that I'm published. Gives it that extra oomph.) I know you don't have time (hello, baby!) but if you felt like giving it a whirl, it's a fun exercise. Make it as dry and pedantic as possible. These type of people pride themselves on their writing skill and tearing that apart is going to give him pause when being "random" at others in the future. At the very least it will convince him to be more precise in how he uses this particular scattershot approach.
For example:
>>There I was, on the field of battle. With my cat in hand and one majestic arm raised to the sky, I said. This is my land, this is my home.
The response:
No, no, no. A comma splice in your first line is terrible creative writing form. While I understand you were attempting to grab attention, breaking rules in the first line sets the reader up to expect awful flow throughout the rest of your message. Furthermore, your setup is unclear. WHY are you on the field of battle? WHERE in the field of battle were you? WHY is there a battle raging in the first place? Also, while "field of battle" is an acceptable way to place setting, what KIND of battle is it? "Field of battle" is a rather generic phrase. I'd even go so far as to claim that it is trite. Poor writing. Fix.
You state that you have a cat in one hand and an arm upraised. While I personally understand that you are most likely going for a one-arm-up-kitty-in-opposite-hand snapshot this image is still unclear and undefined. For example, a lesser context-clue seeking reader might assume that you are wielding a cat. If so, you wouldn't have the opportunity to be propositioning me as you'd either have a handful of dead feline (disgusting) or your cat would be frantically attempting to claw/bite your hand/arm off for holding it aloft during a conflict previously described as a "battle". Likewise, WHAT makes your arm majestic? Am I, the reader, supposed to take it on faith that your arm is majestic? What constitutes majestic? Is it particularly glittery? Sweaty? Smooth-shaven and now covered in seeping cat scratches due to your irresponsible waving about of felines? This is unclear. Fix.
You lack proper grammatical structure for speech. You are missing quotation marks, have poorly placed commas, and have used a period where a comma is needed. Please go to Amazon and purchase this book (http://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Rules-Grades-High-Interest-Activities/dp/0887249752/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1409156541&sr=8-5&keywords=rules+of+grammar) which I believe you will find an acceptable primer in basic sentence structure. Unacceptable, providing that you are older than eight. Fix.
Why should it matter to me that this is your land or your home? This statement used as a greeting is a non sequitur and highly nonsensical in this particular setting. If a battle is raging around you then positioning yourself to be a larger target (holding up your arm, bringing attention to yourself by displaying an irate cat) would get you killed quite quickly. Furthermore, you've used another comma splice. Two in one paragraph is not poetic, it shows poor grasp of the English language. I am singularly unimpressed.
Overall grade for your first paragraph: F
You're not that far off....
They where also being satirical, that's not the real bread book.
This is, the title of course referring to what Kroptokin would often shout at the rich
That's far too advanced for your abilities 8eeblebrox; I'd stick with this.
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I'd get a D'Nealian Manuscript workbook, and provide handwriting instruction in it (which is like half cursive, half print). When you finish that book, you can move to D'Nealian Cursive.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/088012850X/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Cursive-Grades-100-SeriesTM/dp/0880128518/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478463772&sr=8-1&keywords=contemporary+cursive
The British thing you're talking about is Cockney Rhyming Slang.
Not about words exactly, but I recently started playing Animal Mineral Vegetable with my HFA 5 year old, and it's been great for getting him thinking about what words actually mean and getting him to use them in a directed and critical way (instead of enjoying them for the lovely sounds they make-- I've got a jr. Dr. Seuss over here). We do play lots of rhyming games, make up new words to kids' songs, etc. Most of these games are just improvised though. And lately I've been trying to find him fun poetry. We read Ogden Nash all through dinner tonight.
If you just want a cool, weird, silly word book, I recommend Ounce Dice Trice. This book is gonna be like crack to my son, so I'm holding out a little longer before giving it to him.
I have play doh mats. That's a lot of fun. I do textured letters and numbers. I have I Spy Activities (worksheets) for both. You can make activity bottles or exploring bags.
Work on tracing. I have a ton of tracing worksheets. If you can use iPads, there are some awesome apps that my students love. I give them a stylus and let them go. If you have a student who can't make a mark on a page, give them crayons and coloring sheets. Let them go. Use white glue to trace around basic shapes and have them learn to color in the lines. But start with tracing sheets. Work on grip. Talk to the OT about that.
Its baby steps. You can't learn to run before you can crawl. Hand me two pencils means nothing if you don't understand the concept of two. The steps I use with math are more and less, hand me more, identifying numbers 1-5, and then quantity 1-5. For reading, I start with the letters of their first name. At the same time I will also have activities where they have to find their name in a group of names. I have cubbies where the students have to put their folders every morning and they have to put their folders where their name is and I also do an attendance thing where they move a magnet of their name (I used paint cards from Home Depot and magnet tape and I use it in my opening, they have to choose their name from the group and move it up to show they are here today). Once I can get 50% on the letters of their name, I start with the rest of the alphabet. I start with matching capital to capital. Then lowercase to capital. At the same time I will do I spy sheets or discovery type things. For writing, I go with tracing first. Vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and cross shape first. Then curves, and circles. Once they mastered that, we move to letters of their first name. Once we get to 50% of that, we move to capital letters, then lowercase. This is the book I HIGHLY recommend for beginning writing. It is what I use. This would be your next step.
I would look into watching Leap Pad DVDs for a period after lunch. The videos are relatively inexpensive. Just watch 1 DVD after lunch.
You may want to look into the 642 Things to Write About series. I've pasted a link to the original book as well as a couple that are advertised as being for young writers:
https://www.amazon.com/Things-Write-Francisco-Writers-Grotto/dp/1452105448/
https://www.amazon.com/642-Things-Write-About-Writers/dp/1452127840/
https://www.amazon.com/642-Big-Things-Write-About/dp/1452154759/
Ezpz mat and silicone bibs with a pocket
Baseball hat: He has really thin hair and pale skin. Since he’s became obsessed with baseball hats, I don’t need to put sunscreen on his head
Balls: little balls, big balls, textured balls, light balls like a beach ball
Inventa sleep sack with vents. We live in Southern California and need a sleep sack so he won’t climb out of the crib, but it gets too hot with many sleep sacks. This one has vents that can be zipped open to allow airflow.
Sorting toys.
Books: some favorites are here, here, and here
At that age they are learning to talk so books such as
My First Words (My First Books) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1465428992/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_f9l4Bb5MTSHMP
There is a whole series of these: My First Colors, My First Day and Night, etc. I bought these for my younger son as he turned one.
OP, check out this one or this one. They both seem fun and age-appropriate to keep her inspired rather than bored. :)
This sounds faintly like the Super Skill Powers workbook series. Seen them, but never read them.
I will definitely check those out, thanks! I'm a big fan of the beauty of Spencerian so something that comes close but is good at speed means I'm definitely interested. I may wind up switching from...whatever it is that I'm learning.
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> if the public school districts are already renting their facilities after hours to other community groups."
That's the point I made earlier. Are you drunk?
Perhaps this will help with your reading comprehension issues. Good luck!