Curvy Herbie and Straight Nate, A lesson in curved line thinking is based on a theory of “Curved Line Thinking” by Alice Womer, M.S. CCC-SLP, written by Pamela Mari and illustrated by Dawn Rebuck. Alice Womer developed this while working with autistic children in a classroom setting. This is a short story that can be used to teach autistic children that it is ok to do things differently. I really like this book. I think that it is a great social story about doing new things.
ASD children are known for their rigidity of thinking. Many do not like to do new things, instead, prefer to do the same activities at the same time. This is a story about two boys, Curvy Herbie and Straight Nate, one is a straight line thinker and the other a curve line thinker. Curvy Herbie wants to be friends with Straight Nate and loves to do new things. Straight Nate does not like to do new things. The point of the story is how Curvy Herbie gets Straight Nate to try something new, and how Straight Nate discovers that new things can be fun.
You can purchase a copy of “Curvy Herbie and Staight Nate: A Lesson In Curved Line Thinking” by contacting them by email at sales@explodingpenproductions. They also include a “Parents Lesson in Curved Line Thinking” guidance sheet to help in working with your child. You can also win a copy of this by entering my giveaway.
This Giveaway will run from April 12, 2009 to April 17, 2009. The winners will be announced on April 18, 2009. This giveaway is for USA only. Below are rules for entering this giveaway. One winner will be chosen. One book per winner. Open to EVERYONE. Good luck.
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11 comments:
I would give this to Faces of Hope a therapy center for all special needs children. Where, many of our clients have children with autism.
www.facesofhopetn.com
Hi, I would keep them for my children as I have 2 severely autistic children & 2 that are higher functioning (& 2 babies lol). I'm following your blog (great blog by the way), & twittered the give away. I also posted the give away on both my blogs here
http://special6mom.blogspot.com/2009/04/autism-blog-give-away-from-another.html
and here
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/hugs4Him/679088/
Thanks,
Michele
I would keep this for myself to read with my 9 year old son with autism. Thanks for the great giveaway!
brandyblurbs at yahoo dot com
I subscribed to your blog.
This is wonderful. I would give this book to a friend who has a child with severe Autism. She would be shocked to get it from me since we live so far away. It would be a nice surprise. Thanks
I'd give it to my son. He's going to be 10 next month and he has autism. Looks like it would be a great book to read with him. Thanks for the great giveaway!
janeener at gmail dot com
Hey :)
I would read this with my 10 year old son who has Asperger's Syndrome. He's starting a special school in Septemeber. Thanks!
Kat Vincent
ReTwittered.... Twitter ID moonkat751.
Thanks again!
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I would donate this to my local library because they are always in need of books and I've never seen an autism related book in their kid's section.
Renee
yeloechikee at hotmail dot com
I would give this to myself. I am a teacher of 5 boys with aspergers. We are continually searching for social stories and social skills to teach the boys. This would be a fantastic resource.
I'd give the book to my sister, for my niece.
iluvchrisnlevi@aol.com
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