Any Child Can Write

The curriculum provides substantial guidance for parents serving as writing instructors, including developmental expectations and correction guidelines.

Offers 'guidance, specific suggestions, and encouragement,' charts for age-appropriate expectations, and 'helps for judging correctness' that assist parents in determining appropriate correction levels

The curriculum provides structured writing guidance with age-appropriate expectations and correction guidelines.

Includes 'charts of general writing goals for age groups,' 'guidelines by age group help us determine which aspects of the writing process should concern us,' and 'fully developed lessons with examples'

The curriculum takes a limited approach to knowledge building, focusing primarily on personal experiences rather than systematic domain knowledge.

Wiener believes autobiographical writing is best 'since the child has a wealth of knowledge about himself and his experiences which he lacks about other topics'

The program provides explicit guidance for parents but emphasizes a supportive rather than highly structured instructional approach.

Wiener 'encourages lots of positive activity without an unhealthy concern for perfection' and provides 'specific suggestions' and 'fully developed lessons'

The curriculum includes some vocabulary development through word games but lacks systematic vocabulary instruction.

The review mentions 'word games and writing activities are included to build knowledge and positive attitude'

This criterion is not applicable as the curriculum focuses on writing production rather than reading complex texts.

The program is described as a writing curriculum with activities and games, not a reading program involving text analysis

No evidence of systematic retrieval practice or spaced review is mentioned in the curriculum description.

The review focuses on creative activities and positive attitude building but makes no mention of review or retrieval practice strategies

No evidence of phonics instruction is present in this writing-focused curriculum.

The review mentions activities for preschoolers and writing development but makes no reference to phonics or decoding instruction

This criterion is not applicable as Any Child Can Write focuses on writing instruction rather than reading curriculum.

The curriculum is described as a writing program with activities and exercises, not a reading program that would involve books or excerpts