Comments on: Writing with your little ones http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2010/01/07/writing-with-your-little-ones/ From the Desk of WriteShop Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:32:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kim http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2010/01/07/writing-with-your-little-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Kim Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:07:39 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/?p=2430#comment-1165 That wheel sounds like so much fun for a car trip. These ideas also make for fun bedtime stories. I speak from experience, having had a reluctant son who was pretty much writing phobic. But he could spin a great yarn and responded really well to prompts. One of our favorite writing-across-the-curriculum ideas involved <a href="http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2008/05/12/journaling-with-a-twist/" rel="nofollow">journal "writing"</a> about different periods of history or other subjects we were studying. Because Ben struggled so much with writing, we did these journals orally. He hardly knew he was learning in the process! That wheel sounds like so much fun for a car trip. These ideas also make for fun bedtime stories.

I speak from experience, having had a reluctant son who was pretty much writing phobic. But he could spin a great yarn and responded really well to prompts. One of our favorite writing-across-the-curriculum ideas involved journal “writing” about different periods of history or other subjects we were studying. Because Ben struggled so much with writing, we did these journals orally. He hardly knew he was learning in the process!

]]> By: Jimmie http://www.writeshop.com/blog/2010/01/07/writing-with-your-little-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Jimmie Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:55:24 +0000 http://www.writeshop.com/blog/?p=2430#comment-1164 Wonderful! Even the youngest learners can compose. From the earliest days of homeschooling, I had my daughter write expository things as well. She would talk it out, and I'd act as scribe, writing what she said. (My point is that little ones aren't restricted only to narratives.) We have this really fun wheel with three levels that has characters, a place, and a form of transportation. You spin the wheels and make a story with the items in a line. We spent many a long trip telling stories like that. My 10 year old STILL enjoys that, in fact. Wonderful! Even the youngest learners can compose. From the earliest days of homeschooling, I had my daughter write expository things as well. She would talk it out, and I’d act as scribe, writing what she said. (My point is that little ones aren’t restricted only to narratives.)
We have this really fun wheel with three levels that has characters, a place, and a form of transportation. You spin the wheels and make a story with the items in a line. We spent many a long trip telling stories like that. My 10 year old STILL enjoys that, in fact.

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