[etni] MakeBeliefsComix.com Launches Free E-Book for Family Literacy and ELL Students
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- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:08:17 -0400 (EDT)
MakeBeliefsComix.com Launches Free E-Book for FamilyLiteracy;
LaptopLetters Helps Parents Write Important Letters to Their Children
MakeBeliefsComix.com has launched its first free digitalbook to encourage
family literacy and writing by English Language Learnersthrough writing
important letters to children. You can read the book online at:
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/How-to-Play/Educators/Family-Literacy/Laptop-Letters-eBook/
LaptopLetters: Sending Wise & LovingMessages to Young People in Your Life, is
written by Bill Zimmerman, creatorof MakeBeliefsComix, the free online comic
strip generator used in literacyprograms worldwide to improve writing and
reading.
Teachers can use the LaptopLetters e-book for classroom exercises to encourage
older students towrite loving notes and messages to the children in their lives
and to pass onimportant life lessons they want to share. With help from the
bookâ??s dozens of writing prompts,students can use computers, mobile phones or
note pads to write messages oflove and wisdom to their youngsters. The book
also features sample letters andnotes to inspire writers.
Students can even practice writing the first draft of theirletters in the form
of comic strips created at MakeBeliefsComix.com.
The process of writing letters fosters family literacy intwo ways: it allows
adult learners to express their important thoughts andknowledge to their
children, and it motivates youngsters who receive thesepersonal letters to read
and improve their own literacy skills. Writing such loving, encouraginglaptop
letters also enables parents to forge closer emotional bonds withchildren and
to hand down their family legacy.
LaptopLetters is the first in a series of free interactive e-books for
familyliteracy programs planned by MakeBeliefsComix.com. The comic-making site
was selected by Google and UNESCO asamong the worldâ??s most innovative web
sites to encourage literacy and reading. TheAmerican Library Association named
MakeBeliefsComix a Great Web Site for Kids.
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