Family Writes: Parenting with Pens, Pencils, and PCs

by Peggy Epstein and Joel Epstein

Clinical psychologist Joel Epstein teams up with his mother, long-time educator Peggy Epstein, to offer parents an idea-filled handbook of entertaining writing activities for improving family... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933102063
• ISBN13: 9781933102061
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Capital Books (VA)
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Easy and "Real" Writing Activities

What a terrific book! An amazing variety of activities with different approaches suggested for various ages and interests. But what impresses me the most is the "real-ness" of the activities: they ARE made up, but they ARE NOT contrived or trivial -- they are both worthy and worthwhile. What a treat! Can't wait to try them out!

It's on my top ten list!

"Family Writes" by Joel & Peggy Epstein is an invaluable teaching tool, not just for the family, but in the classroom for kids of all ages. My middle school drama students could definitely relate to the chapter entitled "It's All About Me!"

A Must Have!

This book has an incredibly wide-range of activities which makes it so easy to find things even the choosiest child will like. Two of the most significant things for young children are spending time with their family and being shown the value of writing. This book combines both of those things with enjoyable and creative projects children and parents can do together. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a fun way to spend time with their children while developing their creative and writing skills.

A Wonderful Little Book

We just attended the Epstein's workshop and had a great time. Their presentation highlighted some of the exercises from their book, and demonstrated how using a few simple tricks the creative processes can be stimulated. The activities made this process fun for kids and grownups a like. I was genuinely surprised at the ideas that came out of the process. I know that my family will have many fun filled hours employing the techniques in the book.

This book is great for teachers, too!

As a 19 year veteran teacher I can tell you that this book is full of wonderful ideas to get your students thinking creatively. I can use the exercises in my class in many different ways. I recommend this book to all teachers who write with their students and the rest who should be writing with their students.