Comments on: Reluctant writers tip #2: Learning to describe http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/ From the Desk of WriteShop Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:34:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kim http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Kim Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:21:42 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/#comment-564 Lilah! Your suggestion is worth its weight in gold. Even now, I think about some of the amazing things my grandkids say---descriptive, colorful, humorous---and often using vocabulary that would seem beyond them, had I not heard it with my own ears. What a great idea to jot some of this stuff down in order to remind them of it later! Lilah! Your suggestion is worth its weight in gold. Even now, I think about some of the amazing things my grandkids say—descriptive, colorful, humorous—and often using vocabulary that would seem beyond them, had I not heard it with my own ears. What a great idea to jot some of this stuff down in order to remind them of it later!

]]> By: Lilah http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/comment-page-1/#comment-562 Lilah Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:54:03 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/#comment-562 When a couple of my children complained that they couldn't find the right words to describe things, I began surreptitiously writing down some of their more descriptive comments for several days. This helped us both - it allowed me to pinpoint the things that interested them enough to observe well and describe accurately, and it enabled the children to hear some of their own (sometimes quite amazing!) descriptive statements. When a couple of my children complained that they couldn’t find the right words to describe things, I began surreptitiously writing down some of their more descriptive comments for several days. This helped us both – it allowed me to pinpoint the things that interested them enough to observe well and describe accurately, and it enabled the children to hear some of their own (sometimes quite amazing!) descriptive statements.

]]> By: Kim http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Kim Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:44:50 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/#comment-477 Thanks for visiting and commenting, Jacque. Your son sounds much like mine at that age! Even if I couldn't get him to write, I could ALWAYS get him to talk. LOL Thanks for visiting and commenting, Jacque. Your son sounds much like mine at that age! Even if I couldn’t get him to write, I could ALWAYS get him to talk. LOL

]]> By: Jacque http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Jacque Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:47:20 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/#comment-476 Thank you for submitting your article to the 150th COH. I remember when I finally realized that my son's (annoying) habit of re-telling me every single detail about every story he was reading at age 10 was just him using narration! It was a very freeing moment, not only in his learning and my teaching, but also in our relationship. Thank you for this valuable information! blessings~ Thank you for submitting your article to the 150th COH.
I remember when I finally realized that my son’s (annoying) habit of re-telling me every single detail about every story he was reading at age 10 was just him using narration! It was a very freeing moment, not only in his learning and my teaching, but also in our relationship.

Thank you for this valuable information!
blessings~

]]> By: Walking Therein » 150th Carnival of Homeschooling: Go Vote http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Walking Therein » 150th Carnival of Homeschooling: Go Vote Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:23:58 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/11/11/reluctant-writers-learning-to-describe/#comment-474 [...] you better understand and implement whatever method of homeschooling you follow. Kim Kautzer of In Our Write Minds gives non-threatening ideas for teaching your kids to observe and describe their world and pointers [...] [...] you better understand and implement whatever method of homeschooling you follow. Kim Kautzer of In Our Write Minds gives non-threatening ideas for teaching your kids to observe and describe their world and pointers [...]

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