My children are both at the age when the thought of committing their wild imaginations and thoughts to paper
brings the stark wide eyed look of terror to their eyes
causing them both to literally curl up into a ball
and hurl protests of ailments such as stomache hurts and headaches at me.
Many a writing assignment have been met with hours of them staring at the glaringly empty white page of their exercise book.
Sigh, and I did a small survey and it seems that most children at this age really don’t like to write.
They maybe as chatty and descriptive as can be but put a pencil and paper and nothing.
This happened to my daughter with the very first writing assignment of the year which was to be about her Christmas holidays. She couldn’t do it she cried even. The same holidays that she had been prattling about all weekend. Oh well!
I am very happy to have found this little ‘writing tool’ while cruising through the internet looking at illustrations. (You have to click on the image and it will take you to the actual website to see it clearly.)
http://juliehammondart.blogspot.com/2010/04/free-activity-page-just-for-my-readers.html
The questions are ideal for you to help your child get over the writer’s block. Drawing a picture, as well as some how usually works for my two in loosing up the writing juices.
I have adapted this little activity so many times over.
Hoping it does the same for you.
You’re a doll for sharing this! Some day…