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Father's Day Letter Writing Project
Although a project like this takes a little time, it’s worth every effort to help our children think about the things they appreciate and admire in their father, and to grow in their ability to express those thoughts and perceptions on paper. There can be so much more said on Father's Day than the proverbial, I didn’t know what to get for you! Father’s Day can be a day of honor if we help our children gratefully prepare a letter of tribute ahead of time. Some of the ideas listed in the project below coincide with chapters from our book The Gift of Family Writing, but if you haven’t read the book yet, don’t let that stop you from participating in this project. If you would like to know more about The Gift of Family Writing, visit our website at www.giftoffamilywriting.com. Besides the paperback and CD, we offer a very affordable e-book that you can download and begin reading to your children today!
A Father's Day Letter Writing Project Moms:
We all struggle to remember. Sometimes when we’re asked to write about an event, person, place or thing, it’s hard to sort through all the surrounding information. That’s why I recommend clustering exercises for organizing your thoughts and observations. This exercise sorts information by association and actually enables the mind to recall more specific details. Children love clustering and tend to think of it as a game. Eric made the following journal entry after he did a clustering exercise about flying his kite. Notice that his journal entry is not limited to the words used in the exercise. Instead, the exercise serves as a “jumping-off-point” from which he writes freely about his experience. HOW TO DO A CLUSTER EXERCISE To complete a cluster exercise, write the five W’s (who, what, where, when, and why) across the top of the page. Write the five senses (taste, touch, sight, sound, and smell) below them. Include feelings underneath the senses. Draw a circle in the center of the page. Write the event, person, place, or thing that you want to write about in the center. Draw circles off of that circle, filling the page with descriptive phrases. Children:
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1:39 PM - Jun. 12, 2006 - post comment
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 Jill Novak shares from her heart and the pages of her journal about God's faithfulness through life's everyday teachable moments.Jill encourages families to write and draw from life. She and her husband Robert have been married 28 years and are the parents of five children. Together her family has founded Remembrance Press, publishers of The Pebbly Brook Farm Series: Character Building Stories for Boys and Girls, Becoming Gods Naturalist, The Gift of Family Writing, and The Girlhood Home Companion. Home View my profile Archives Email Me   Categories Nature Journal Making Snowflakes On Gossamer Thread Drawing Hollyhocks Basic Supply List for Nature Journaling My Nature Journal - Swamp Milk Weed Becoming God's Naturalist - Make a Nature Specimen Library SketchBook Summer School - Write and Draw from life! Basic Supply list for nature journaling From My Nature Journal Blogging Dueling Bloggers Are you a words of Encouragement blogger? are you a physical touch blogger? Are you a Quality time blogger? Are you a gift giving blogger? Uninspired Know you audience Spiritual diary He Touched me! Art Road trip to Tasha's - part Three Road trip to Tasha's - part two Road trip to Tasha's - part one Drawing From life - Figure Drawing and the Homeschooler What if we threw away those coloring books? Growing Future Authors and Illustrators Growing Authors and Illustrators - Part 1 Journaling With childeren Writng with little childeren - shared journal entries, shared fun! Help childeren of all ages journal there life stories Family Two Letters The Gift of Words Putting your pen to paper Homeschooling Mommy take good care of your self, you belong to me significance Journaling For such a time as this Upon the white log-in with the lord Truth is Stranger then fiction Links The Gift of Family Writing The Girlhood Home Companion  The Pebbly Brook Farm Journal  Recent Entries - A Delightful and Profitable Way to Pass a Dreary Winters Day - A New Tradition - Over the River and Through the Wood to Sarah's - The Challenges and Disadvantages of Homeschooling - Gods Creation and The Tools of the Trade - Milkweed Monday - Drawing Hollyhocks - This Pile of Stuff on the Floor - Annas Amazing Discovery or How to Draw a Toad - Nature Journaling Interview - HSB's Promo Friends TOSPUBLISHER Tami tn3jcarter ByHisGraceInColorado parkwaymom EmptyNestMom spunkyjunior Academy252 BlogBoy WritingTips leebenvic Cornflower Mariel mom26kidz creativehsmom SBadgley DreweLlyn MaggieHogan DandelionSeeds Lilacs grownathome TEACHmagazine homeschoolhelp gracefuljourney Stacy EclecticBibliophile LittleEblingsAcademy KerriHopkins TammyC Bioluminescence elljazz joymommy Boltbabe cynthiarobin COMamabear mrskbrook gottsegnet Galatians69 Cre8iveMom MyChildrenAndMe Melkhi Juliestew Joyfulhrt iluvtheland Dell mctenpenny mistresninos Redeemed JoelKing BarbaraS dolphindancer quietcajun BooksandBairns dumspirospero mycrazylife ElCloud akabain JewelSea JeanaG Rebeca REInvestor deedeeuk Hagertroops7 Beverly Margaret MyLittleWomen Louscrew MorningLight rjdjohn316 Jocelyndixon SuperAngel JacqueDixonSoulRestES annointed kurjian4school theheartofthehome ExperimentalKid kcomom 4evrHischild homesweethomeschooler lolly01 InkTraveler PennyRaine tiredmom belovedbooks 4kiddos4me SongOfTheSagebrush YoungManInTraining SincerelyAmanda momma9x PricelessPurity mariah debbiecorley nancysnook moreofhim ChristineRead stampalot lahbluebonnet srostollan BreezyTulip RaspberryPixieMuffin |
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