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Helping Your Child WRITE

Writing is a skill that requires a great deal of time and practice to develop. It is one of the most important aspects of education. The most effective means of improving your child's skills are encouragement, positive feedback, and active participation in his/her development. In other words, if YOU work WITH your child one-on-one, this will show the child that their development is important and worthwhile.

Suggestions to encourage practice of your child's writing skills. (Remember, the more a child writes the better he/she
will become.)

1.    Encourage your child to write letters to friends and relatives.

2.  Encourage your child to keep a journal or diary.

3.  Encourage your child to create picture books, cartoons,
posters.

4.  Don't miss opportunities to encourage your child to write; for example, instead of you making out the family grocery list, have your child do it.

5.  Allow your child to address envelopes when you pay bills.

6.  Keep writing supplies within reach.

Just as children read for a variety of purposes, they should write for a variety of purposes:

Consider giving your child opportunities to practice various forms of writing and for various audiences. He or she should be able to articulate which purpose informs the writing.

Your child have nothing to do tonight? Have him or her read a book and then review it.

50 writing prompts for use should your child decide to keep a journal or diary.

Today I feel happy about...

Sometimes I laugh about...

It makes me mad when...

Sometimes people worry about me when... 

If I were ten feet tall, I...

When I was little, I...When I am older, I...

When I'm in a good mood...

When I'm in a bad mood...

If I were a space traveler, I...

If I were an outer space monster, I...

I think vacations are...

The last time I got in trouble...

Once I dreamed...

The moon is like...

Here are two facts about cats. Here are    two opinions about cats.

A sport I would like to be good at is...

A good pet would be...

A good education means...

Tell what to do in a fire drill.

Pretend you can go back in history. Who would you meet?

With my magic glasses I can see...

Six words that rhyme with snow...

Describe a snowstorm...

You own a store. Name it and describe it.

List 10 ways to write without a pencil.

The most important rule of all is...

My favorite TV commercial is...

If I could ask Abraham Lincoln three questions, they would be...

When I grow up, I want to be...

My favorite place to visit is...

Describe how to make a bed.

Describe how to wash a car.

Rain is...

Good nutrition means...

What would you do if a UFO landed in your   backyard?

What would you do if you could become invisible?

When someone plays a trick on me, I feel...

A holiday I would change is...

What if it rained 40 days and 40 nights?

Things to do when it snows are...

Write a letter to a famous person from history.

Write a poem that rhymes. It can be about an animal, a friend or a form of transportation (e.g., ship).

Make a list of things you might find in a doctor's office.

Describe your chores at home.

Make a list of objects that are both little and soft.

Write your name and the names of five friends in alphabetical order.

Name as many things as you can that have the shape of a
cube.

Tell about a career that interests you.

List as many instruments as you can that a scientist might use.

Learn to say this tongue twister: Bobby Baker bought blue buttons. Try writing a tongue twister of your own