From the monthly archives:

September 2008

REVIEW: Sam Feels Better Now by Jill Osborne

by KittyCat on September 21, 2008

“Sam Feels Better Now” is a book that introduces the first stage of trauma therapy for children ages 4-10. Written by a professional counsellor and chlid therapist, “Sam Feels Better Now” uses drawings, play and story telling to help a child express their feelings and difficulties right after a traumatic event.
To be used with a [...]

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REVIEW: Flour Babies by Anne Fine

by KittyCat on September 9, 2008

Written by the same author of “Madame Doubtfire” (Mrs. Doubtfire movie starring Robin Williams), the book begins with a noisy class of pre-teen boys in the UK on their usual day of traumatising their form teacher, Mr Cartright.
This day, the teacher is reviewing their project options for the Science Fair.
Naturally, the boys all want past [...]

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Living literature through Halloween costumes

by KittyCat on September 3, 2008

Nothing’s more fun in an English literature class than to dress up as a book character! And Halloween is the best time for babies, children, pre-teens, young adults and adults to have fun with costumes
Other than movies, books are an excellent source of inspiration for your Halloween costume. Besides, at least you won’t [...]

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Setting up a children’s home library

by KittyCat on September 1, 2008

“But my son or daughter doesn’t want to read!”
As an English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teacher, I hear this common complaint all the time when I ask if their children read at home.
I also hear interesting stories about how parents try to get their children to read by:

buying books and magically wait for their kids to read them
promising [...]

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