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Strands is a writing curriculum designed for the home school. Assignments provide
detailed, step by step instruction aimed at improving writing skill. If you are new to the
Writing Strands curriculum please see our Overview, and our
Frequently Asked Questions. Level One is a manual for parents and is designed to
convince children between the ages of four and eight that language use can be fun and
exciting, and introduces them to the writing skill. It has games, programs and projects to
help young children understand that words are not just things to use to get what they
want, but that they can have fun with them. It is a way to have a family demonstrate its
value of language use, to present to children models of behavior, and to have all the
members of the family help convince the youngest members that the family they are part of
loves creating and sharing through language. It consists of a child's picture book about
two frogs who solve a problem, a manual of games and projects, and an audio tape of
examples, made by the author and his son, of what can be done for and with very young
children. It is an excellent way to introduce writing skill through language.
Level 1 includes small 28 page book and 1
cassette tape.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- How to Use Level 1
- Making up Words
- Example of Such a Conversation
- Recognizing Sounds
- Being Sounds and Letters
- Creating Creatures
- Rhyming
- Finishing Sentences and Stories
- Expanding Sentences
- Drawing to Describe
- Describing
- Finishing Stories
- Tape Recording
- Discussing Stories
- What Animals are Like
- New Endings
- Creative Games
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