Imagine you’re 7 and you come downstairs in the morning and the breakfast table looks like this:
Are you likely to get yourself some paper and a pencil and practise some writing? If you’re one of the 7 year olds I know, the answer is ‘probably not’.
Now, imagine if before she went to bed last night your mum (or of course your dad) had got out a few things in preparation for the next day – say, a scrapbook, pencils, photos of what you’ve been doing lately, scissors, glue… Now the breakfast table looks like this:
This worked like a treat this morning. Both my girls dived straight in, cutting, gluing, drawing and writing.
So this is my idea for you today to encourage your kids to keep writing.
Give them an invitation.
Make it easy for them to pick up a pencil. Make it relevant to them. Make it enticing.
Why not give it a try in your house and see what happens?
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I really like that idea…..
We like to write stories together. She writes one sentence and I write the next, we take it in turns until we get to the end. We get some very ‘interesting’ stories that way lol
I like the idea of taking turns Magic Mummy. That way they can create an interesting story without all the effort beign just on their part – they get to see a result faster. 🙂
I love writing centers. They are my favorite to have out for my little writer.