Customer Reviews

Get Organized Without Losing It (Laugh And Learn)

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2 star:		(1)
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It was a cute book - my daughter thought it was "interesting". She flipped through it - but then more or less it got tossed in the heap of other books that she has. All in all - just because you want them to be organized - doesn't mean that a book is going to fix it. And that goes for all books on this subject.

If you are looking for a miracle cure...there isn't one.
If you are looking for maybe a hint or two - that may or may not stick with you child... Then go ahead and purchase the book - but to be honest - it would be cheaper to just borrow it - or something like it from the library.... After all it probably won't get looked at again after a week anyways.

This really didn't cover anything that doesn't come up all the time in our normal "you need to be more organized" conversations. It just repeated us. My son lost interest real fast. I asked him what he learned and he said "I need to be organized". Yep, kind of knew that already.

This book is simple to read yet informative and effective for my upcoming 6th grader. There are great ideas for students to prepare for middle and high school. Awesome techniques!

Get Organized Without Losing It by Janet Fox is a fab self-help book for kids about putting your ducks in row. This book is chockful of helpful hints, useful tips, and great charts. Especially great because it's really not about Mom and Dad laying down the law, this book invites kids to consider their own problems with organization and discover their own solutions. Helpful for kids who are frustrated with not knowing where their stuff is, when their homework is due, who have a real desire to get organized, but just don't know how to get started.

I had higher expectations for this book because the other Laugh and Learn books were funny, especially the "Do your Homework without Throwing Up" one. I wish that it was more entertaining for kids so that they would want to read the book and enjoy reading it. I could barely get through this book myself because it was so dry and lecturing. The amount of stuff the author suggests you need to be organized is dizzying. I think this creates a barrier to entry for kids because they don't have all that stuff. My son would not read this book. However, he found the Homework one and Procrastinator ones worth reading. The kind of kid who would read this entire thing is already interested in being organized.

Great book! Lots of good tips and yet simple and attractive enough for younger children.

My middle-school daughter just absorbed this book, and even though it's her second year of middle school, she enjoys this book and is taking notes about the ideas in it. I'm recruiting her to write a blog post for me. Look for it in a few days!

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My 10 year old son liked it.
I immediately saw the difference in the cleanliness of his bedroom and he hasn't been procrastinating as much. For the first time, his teacher's weekly comments said he was "organized with his thoughts and work."

When he finished the book, he gave it to his 13 year old brother and told him he should read it too.

thanks.

My 10 year old reads science fiction and no other stories. He took this book up feeling inquisitive and went on to finish the book, he really seems to have understood the need of organizational skill for him to continue to succeed in the latter parts of school year (by which time his desk is filled with papers!)

I hope to fill the other 2 stars when he actually practices what the book preached!

We purchased this book for our grandson and hope it will help him to get organized. He will be receiving it as part of a Birthday gift.