To allow a child to write creatively, it’s important to give them a range of tools to help them understand how they can find a love for writing. There are a number of ways you can help support this at home, which your child can explore with you together. Here are some ways to go about exploring creative writing with your child alongside with advice shared from this private boys school in London.
Show the joy in writing
If your child is seeing that you like to write, and other people in the home like to write, then they may instinctively want to pick up a pen as well. Explore how your child will appreciate learning to write creatively, such as looking into their different reading books and stories. Feel really engaged with getting to write and make it feel exciting for your child and they’re bound to pick it up more as a fun learning activity.
Lean into your child’s interests when writing
A child will be more motivated to pick up on writing, and reading in general, if they are catered to their own interests. If that’s the case then you should use this to help your child build upon their skills in writing creatively. If they like sports for example use their favourite sports to get them into reading first. There is a book for almost every interest a child could hope to discover out there, so use them to your advantage to build up your child’s language skills.
Ask your child to write about what they enjoy
Things that make your child happy will greatly improve their motivation to write with a creative purpose. It’s also easy to write about – writing about ourselves is something a lot of us can do easily, which is why it’s a great tool in getting your child writing.
Have you tried creative writing with your child? How was it?
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