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Comment by Evangelia Biddy on November 2, 2009 at 12:57pm

Tips for Teaching Boys to Write

Children's book author, Ralph Fletcher has a few ideas. What keeps boys from putting pen to paper? What's getting in the way? First, identify the kids, mostly boys, with what teachers call "poor grapho-moter skills" but what we know as bad handwriting. Second, allow boys plenty of choices when it comes to what they want to write about. Third, allow students to use visual clues, drawing, arrows and signs when making the transition from drawing to prose. Fourth, teachers should develop appreciation of the way in which boys write. Finally, tolerance is a must. If we want boys to write, we must be prepared to tackle some difficult topics. Too often teachers look at boys' writing as if it were a problem to be managed.

Fletcher's book is Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices. Notes above are from Peg Tyre's book The Trouble with Boys. Join Junior on Nov 10, 2009 at 8PM EST for an exclusive online Townhall Meeting. www.summitseriesforfamilies.com.

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Comment by Evangelia Biddy on October 28, 2009 at 7:55pm

Junior, the publication about bringing up successful boys to host Townhall Meeting with Award-winning Journalist Peg Tyre

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:00 PM EST

Journalist and writer Peg Tyre is a prize-winning investigative reporter and the author of the controversial and widely praised book The Trouble With Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Schools and What Parents and Educators Must Do Tyre spent two decades in journalism, as a magazine feature writer at New York magazine, a newspaper reporter at New York Newsday, an on-air correspondent for CNN and most recently, as a long time staff writer for Newsweek, covering social trends and education. Between 2001 and 2008, she pursued her passion: examining the fault lines in American culture formed by class, gender, race, ideology and upbringing for the national weekly. Praised for being "analytical," "often counterintuitive" and "not afraid to take on society's sacred cows," Tyre's cover stories were top sellers at the magazine. She was twice nominated for a National Magazine Award (the industry equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize) received two Clarion Awards as well as sharing the Overseas' Press Club Ed Cunningham Prize for magazine feature writing. She was also honored by the Education Writers Association. She has discussed her stories on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Fox & Friends, Anderson Cooper and NPR (Boston).
New York Times best-selling writer Michael Thompson, co-author of Raising Cain, has called it "passionate, powerful and persuasive." Dr. Mel Levine, author of A Mind at a Time, called it "vital." He wrote, "Boys have their troubles and The Trouble With Boys sensitively reveals them." James Garbarino, author of Lost Boys, says The Trouble with Boys "Changes the way we look at something we thought we understood.

Email interview questions to ebiddy@juniorthemagazine.com. Join us online!
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Comment by Evangelia Biddy on October 17, 2009 at 10:35pm

A great read for boys, Rules for My Unborn Son by Walker Lamond! I will be interviewing him in an upcoming issue of Junior, the magazine about bringing up successful boys.

Comment by Evangelia Biddy on October 3, 2009 at 6:57pm

42% of preteen and teen boys routinely play violent video games. Another reason to give boys books!

Comment by Linda Marie Ford on September 29, 2009 at 10:50am

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Comment by Evangelia Biddy on September 29, 2009 at 10:01am

Hands-on, active learning is very important for boys. Books are great, the content is great, but books alone do not best serve boys. Boys need to hold, weigh, move and measure their surroundings. They need to explore real objects with mass, texture and dimension. Hands-on learning is crucial for helping many boys stay engaged in learning. It bypasses verbal challenges and merges visual and tactile senses, creating a gateway to new concepts. Read more in an issue of Junior, the magazine about bringing up successful boys. We will feature an interview with Lise Eliot, Phd, author of Pink Brain/Blue Brain.

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Comment by endora schmidt on September 15, 2009 at 8:13am

For all the moms of boys .....I take my hat off to you , espically if you are like me and have 3 or more boys !

REAL TRUE BLUE ALL BOY BOYS !

I personally am not one to SHOVE RELIGION down their throat , Iam not one who is saying DO NOT GET MUD ON YOUR NEW SHOES !
BOYS NEED to just BE BOYS !
That Is How THEY LEARN , How THEY GROW & WHO THEY WILL BECOME AS A MAN , HUSBAND & FATHER !

For All The Women Out There who read every book cus'

THE DOCTOR KNOWS BEST ..

Ladies...
ITS A CROCK & YOU ARE MAKING THEM ALL RICH ...
WHILE YOU GO BROKE

Trying To Figure Out ..

WHY YOUR SON IS SIMPLY A BOY ....

No REAL Answer

HE IS A BOY !
Ladies......PLEASE FOR YOUR BOYS...

JUST RELAX.......

LET Them Get Dirty, Dissect Bugs At YOUR Kitchen Table , On YOUR FINE CHINA ( that is what the dishwasher is for )

They NEED TO GROW ON THEIR OWN TERMS .....

Not The TERMS OF SOME Shrink Who Is USING YOU TO PAY FOR THEIR OVER PRICED HOUSE !

Be Their Friend, Be Their buddy and YES Be Their MOM !

But DO NOT BE THE ONE WHO STOPS THEM FROM JUST BEING A BOY

At The END Of The DAY.....

JUST PUT UP YOUR FEET..

TAKE A HOT BATH AND BY ALL MEANS

HAVE A DRINK ...Cus YOU DO DESERVE IT !

After ALL IT WAS A VERY LONG DAY ! !

P.S Do NOT Forget To Thank GOD That

The School YEAR HAS STARTED !!

here is a pic of my CREW ! 5 ...7....& 11

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