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)As parents, grandparents, relatives and friends, we all want to see our children attain the best they can be in anything they do in life.
We begin as infants reading to them. If we are good at this we make the stories come to life by using the different inflection, volume and tones of our voice. Also the use of hand gestures or in the case of animal stories we generally make the animal growl, bark etc.
As the children begin to get older, if we are good at the so try telling and we show them the importance of reading and communication skills, they too will want to interact and read. Before long the children will begin doing the same, even if the story they tell is not quite the one you have just read. For example, every year on Christmas Eve my father read "The Night Before Christmas" to us. He always made his voice become that of the characters. As an adult I have also done this for my children and grandchildren. It has become tradition for our family. When my youngest daughter was about 4, as we were reading this story, she all of a sudden leaped off her father's lap to physically spring from the bed and tore up the sash. To this day she is a great story teller.
Always have a dictionary, {age appropriate} for the children. As they get old enough to write sentences they should be encouraged to use the dictionary. As a family activity, we would take a piece of paper and fold it so there were four portions with only one showing at a time. The kids would come up with a goofy title to a story, like The Turtle has Wings, Pig to the Rescue. Any topic will work, just let them make the decision as to what it is. Then one at a time on your portion of the paper, write about the story any way you like. When you are through, fold over your portion so the others can not see what you wrote. Pass the paper to the next person and they do the same. The result is a discombobulated jumble of ideas that are sometimes silly, most definitely hilarious and so much fun that the kids will beg to do it again.
Two of my three daughters write and one is published. I write and love to tell stories . My two oldest grandchildren write, especially my oldest granddaughter. When discussing my folded story with my youngest daughter's college professor, I was told it was a great idea for bringing the creativity of reading and writing to children at an early age. she had never heard of the idea before but encouraged it's use. If we continue to encourage them they will show any talent they have as time goes by and add to that with the knowledge that they can! Never critcize their ideas. I would as they grow assist with grammar, punctuation and appropriateness of words used as necessary. To this day with my daughters and grandchildren we love to write our crazy stories together!
We begin as infants reading to them. If we are good at this we make the stories come to life by using the different inflection, volume and tones of our voice. Also the use of hand gestures or in the case of animal stories we generally make the animal growl, bark etc.
As the children begin to get older, if we are good at the so try telling and we show them the importance of reading and communication skills, they too will want to interact and read. Before long the children will begin doing the same, even if the story they tell is not quite the one you have just read. For example, every year on Christmas Eve my father read "The Night Before Christmas" to us. He always made his voice become that of the characters. As an adult I have also done this for my children and grandchildren. It has become tradition for our family. When my youngest daughter was about 4, as we were reading this story, she all of a sudden leaped off her father's lap to physically spring from the bed and tore up the sash. To this day she is a great story teller.
Always have a dictionary, {age appropriate} for the children. As they get old enough to write sentences they should be encouraged to use the dictionary. As a family activity, we would take a piece of paper and fold it so there were four portions with only one showing at a time. The kids would come up with a goofy title to a story, like The Turtle has Wings, Pig to the Rescue. Any topic will work, just let them make the decision as to what it is. Then one at a time on your portion of the paper, write about the story any way you like. When you are through, fold over your portion so the others can not see what you wrote. Pass the paper to the next person and they do the same. The result is a discombobulated jumble of ideas that are sometimes silly, most definitely hilarious and so much fun that the kids will beg to do it again.
Two of my three daughters write and one is published. I write and love to tell stories . My two oldest grandchildren write, especially my oldest granddaughter. When discussing my folded story with my youngest daughter's college professor, I was told it was a great idea for bringing the creativity of reading and writing to children at an early age. she had never heard of the idea before but encouraged it's use. If we continue to encourage them they will show any talent they have as time goes by and add to that with the knowledge that they can! Never critcize their ideas. I would as they grow assist with grammar, punctuation and appropriateness of words used as necessary. To this day with my daughters and grandchildren we love to write our crazy stories together!
Guide created: 09/07/06
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