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Wacky Jacks

David A. Adler · 1994

Explore the age guidance, content cautions, positive qualities, and supporting notes for Wacky Jacks by David A. Adler. This book is positive qualities include Creativity & curiosity, Educational value.

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  • Creativity & curiosity3/5
  • Educational value2/5
  • Positive messages1/5

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Creativity & curiosity3/5
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Jokes and wordplay can invite children to notice language patterns and imagine their own playful uses of words.

Educational value2/5
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Wordplay may support informal language awareness, but teaching is incidental rather than the book's main purpose.

Positive messages1/5
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Its mild takeaway is that language, jokes, and wordplay can be enjoyable; it is primarily for entertainment.

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  2. Which choice in Wacky Jacks would you have made differently, and why?
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