Michael collects words. He loves learning new words. But when he learns a new inappropriate word and starts testing it out his teacher sets out to help him forget by teaching him many new words. It's sort of a fun little story that teaches a lot of words - good words. But I read it with my son and he kept asking what the inappropriate word was. Also, the boy isn't really taught that the word is inappropriate and why it's not good to use it. The teacher just makes him forget. I wouldn't use this on real little kids. Maybe grade 3/4 and with a follow-up discussion that there are so many better word choices out there. Not something I would choose without purpose. It brought to mind the Fancy Nancy picture books but with a twist of the very inappropriate word.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
The Very Inappropriate Word - Jim Tobin
Michael collects words. He loves learning new words. But when he learns a new inappropriate word and starts testing it out his teacher sets out to help him forget by teaching him many new words. It's sort of a fun little story that teaches a lot of words - good words. But I read it with my son and he kept asking what the inappropriate word was. Also, the boy isn't really taught that the word is inappropriate and why it's not good to use it. The teacher just makes him forget. I wouldn't use this on real little kids. Maybe grade 3/4 and with a follow-up discussion that there are so many better word choices out there. Not something I would choose without purpose. It brought to mind the Fancy Nancy picture books but with a twist of the very inappropriate word.