Looking for something to do on a rainy fall day with your preschooler? Grab a pen and a journal and serve as your child's very own secretary!
There's nothing better than recording your child's thoughts, ideas, stories and voice on paper. The results make for a great keepsake - or care packages to Grandma. The process is a great teaching moment!
This simple kind of dictation helps young 'writers' see that their words are valued. It causes them to think about their word choice and organization. It sparks their imagination.
My oldest son and I kept a Lego themed notebook for several years. He would dictate long lists of all the Lego items he had and wanted. Then as his writing skills developed (in Kindergarten and 1st grade) he went on to list Lego facts and draw pictures of his creations.
Now my youngest and I have begun to record his stories. These stories are long, detailed and usually, somewhere along the way, include a poop-joke. He may not win the Pulitzer Prize, but he's on his way to a life of literacy and for that... I'll keep on writing.
There's nothing better than recording your child's thoughts, ideas, stories and voice on paper. The results make for a great keepsake - or care packages to Grandma. The process is a great teaching moment!
This simple kind of dictation helps young 'writers' see that their words are valued. It causes them to think about their word choice and organization. It sparks their imagination.
My oldest son and I kept a Lego themed notebook for several years. He would dictate long lists of all the Lego items he had and wanted. Then as his writing skills developed (in Kindergarten and 1st grade) he went on to list Lego facts and draw pictures of his creations.
Now my youngest and I have begun to record his stories. These stories are long, detailed and usually, somewhere along the way, include a poop-joke. He may not win the Pulitzer Prize, but he's on his way to a life of literacy and for that... I'll keep on writing.