How to Get Your Kid to Love Writing
Writing is a form of self-expression that encourages creativity, individuality, confidence and independent thinking. If you want to teach your child to love writing, make the activity more exciting, entertaining and fun. When you are willing to directly participate in this endeavor every day, your chances of awakening a budding writer increase dramatically.
Things You'll Need
- Books
- Writing supplies
- Pen holder or supply caddy
- Stickers or markers
- Desk
- Lamp
Instructions
Read to or with your child. Shoot for at least 20 minutes daily. This reading time helps build your child̵7;s vocabulary, language skills, listening skills and curiosity. Choose books together at the library so that he will learn to love a good story. It will get his wheels turning, and he may want to write his own adventures. Hand your child some cool writing supplies. Pens with colored ink, scented pencils and decorative mechanical pens can liven up your child̵7;s writing endeavor. Buy him a themed journal or a notebook with his favorite character on it. He's more likely to write with supplies she likes to look at and that are fun to use. Create a comfortable writing space. If your child has a desk, add a desk lamp and a decorative pen holder. If the kitchen table is all you have, get a portable supply caddy and let your child decorate it with stickers or markers. When your child is done writing, put the supply holder up in a safe place so his siblings don̵7;t get into his writing supplies. Schedule a writing time each day and sit down to write with your child. Set a timer for 15 minutes and don̵7;t stop writing until the timer is up. He is more likely to get into the activity if he sees you having fun writing too. Choose fun writing themes, like ̶0;I once was on a space ship heading toward̷0;̶1; or ̶0;When I was king of the jungle̷0;̶1; Read your stories out loud when you̵7;re both done. Don't critique because the objective is to teach him love to write. Instead, praise what you enjoy about his story and encourage him.
