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		<title>Use a Story Board with Your Kids</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It can be helpful to tactile learners to view writing as a process of constructing. A story board is a good way for the tactile learner to approach writing. A story board is a moveable idea board. It can be: the surface of a desk and a packet of sticky notes; a cork board, some [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your child have a &#8216;seed&#8217; journal? This is a simple concept, but can grow into wonderful pieces of writing! Simply have your child keep a journal of interesting events, people, descriptions, ideas, etc. &#8211; any &#8220;seed&#8221; that he or she may one day use in a piece of writing. The seed journal can be [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just stumbled across a set of videos to support Language Arts Education from Discovery Education. Downside: they are not interactive. Upside: they are free, short, and interesting. - Heather]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[The worst case of this &#8220;fear&#8221; that I&#8217;ve ever witnessed: a fourth grader who would actually pull his hair out when given a writing prompt. The child was an otherwise strong student &#8211; and particularly verbal &#8211; so I could not imagine that he had nothing to say (everyone has something to say). The &#8216;format,&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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