Education Professional Development
Breathe, Stretch, Write
Learning to write with everything you've got
- Publisher
- Pembroke Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2011
- Category
- Professional Development, Language Arts
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551382562
- Publish Date
- Feb 2011
- List Price
- $28.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781551387888
- Publish Date
- May 2011
- List Price
- $25.95
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Description
Designed to spark the imagination and enhance creativity, the guided exercises and fun-filled suggestions in this innovative book integrate elements of writing with simple movements and yoga principles to create a safe and joyful learning experience. The book combines writing tasks with basic physical movements that are easy to incorporate into classroom instruction. Useful and inspiring for students and teachers alike, the book is committed to getting kids writing and playing with words and ideas. It challenges teachers to refresh their teaching of writing, inspire students, and find the fun in everyday learning.
About the authors
Sheree Fitch's first two books, Toes in My Nose (1987) and Sleeping Dragons All Around (1989), launched her career as a poet, rhymster, and a “kind of Canadian female Dr. Seuss.” Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian childrenÕs literature since then, including the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work Inspirational to Canadian Children. She has over twenty-five books to her credit, including her bestselling and critically praised adult novel, Kiss the Joy as it Flies (2008). Fitch's home base is the East Coast of Canada.
Visit her at: shereefitch.com
Librarian Reviews
Breathe, Stretch, Write: Learning to Write with Everything You’ve Got
This resource is designed to spark children’s imagination and enhance their creativity. Guided exercises and fun-filled suggestions integrate the elements of writing with simple movements and yoga principles to create a safe and joyful learning experience. The power of movement is used to make the connection between breath (respiration) and creativity (inspiration). Each activity follows the same format: breathing exercises followed by stretching and then a writing activity.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. Fall, 2012.
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