Tuesday, August 11, 2009

How To Write An Essay on YouTube

Here is one quick overview of how to write an essay from a YouTube video while I was searching a video on rainbow sightings. The tips are very useful. Listen well to the video.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Benefits Of Helping Your Child Learn To Write Well

The process of helping a child learn to write well has many benefits and advantages as compared to not not starting them early in their development age.

Benefits include:

Practical. Most of us make lists, jot down reminders, and write notes and instructions at least occasionally.

Job-Related. Professional and white-collar workers write frequently--preparing memos, letters, briefing papers, sales reports, articles, research reports, proposals, and the like. Most workers do "some" writing on the job.

Stimulating. Writing helps to provoke thoughts and to organize them logically and concisely.

Social. Most of us write thank-you notes and letters to friends at least now and then.

Therapeutic. It can be helpful to express feelings in writing that cannot be expressed so easily by speaking.


Helping the child to learn to write also allows the child to learn other skills like:

  • CLEAR THINKING. Sometimes the child needs to have his/her memory refreshed about a past event in order to write about it.

  • SUFFICIENT TIME. Children may have `stories in their heads' but need time to think them through and write them down. School class periods are often not long enough.

  • READING. Reading can stimulate a child to write about his/her own family or school life. If your child reads good books, (s)he will be a better writer.

  • A MEANINGFUL TASK. A child needs meaningful, not artificial writing tasks. You'll find suggestions for such tasks in the section, "Things To Do."

  • INTEREST. All the time in the world won't help if there is nothing to write, nothing to say. Some of the reasons for writing include: sending messages, keeping records, expressing feelings, or relaying information.

  • PRACTICE. And more practice.

  • REVISING. Students need experience in revising their work-- i.e, seeing what they can do to make it clearer, more descriptive, more concise, etc.
Source: Kidsource

So our mission and role in child development is very important.
Well done. Press on.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Advantages of Getting A Computer For Writing

Getting a computer has many advantages for writing.

(1) You can type and make correction immediately.

(2) You can use it to check for spelling mistakes.

(3) You can save it and store in your hard disk.
(It is safer to keep a back up copy saved in your flash drive)

Certainly there are other great benefits on using the computer for writing. You can read up more from Improving Writing with Your Computer.

There is also this application where you can use it to check your grammar - Computer-Based Grammar Checker.

Monday, August 3, 2009

What Other Resource You Need As You Write

The following can be a list of items needed while we go about the process of writing:

(1) A good set of stationery
(2) A notebook
(3) A good dictionary
(4) A good reference on English Language usage and style

A good reference can be found online like this one from Dictionary.com.
It has the following compiled for quick link.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Good Books List

It is not difficult to compile a list of favorite books you have as they come to mind very quickly. Just compile them in a notebook and start reflecting on each one on what are some things you can learn on the topic of writing.

If you really cannot think of any good book list, you may start with the Internet and search online for the good or favorite book list of others. Read on their comments and tips and ideas they provide so that they too become good resource for writing.

Post a comment if you have other suggestions and tips.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

First Steps To Learning To Write

Read. Read. Read. Learning to write first steps from some writing tips encourage all to first read and read and read. Not just read any thing but read those good books by other authors whom you have your admiration.

So compile a list of books where they become good resource for your reference. In fact, the authors themselves have become your indirect writing-teachers. Learn their styles and learn their use of English.

Any recommendation of good books, please post a comment.