Your Child's Writing Life
How to Inspire Confidence, Creativity, and Skill at Every Age
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
An illuminating resource to help parents foster a love of writing in their child's life--filled with writing prompts, engaging home learning activities, and more.
New educational research reveals that writing is as fundamental to a child's development as reading. But though there are books that promote literacy, no book guides parents in helping their child cultivate a love of writing. In this book, Pam Allyn, a nationally recognized educator and literacy expert, reminds us that writing is not only a key skill but also an essential part of self-discovery and critical to success later in life. Allyn offers the "the five keys" to help kids WRITE-Word Power, Ritual, Independence, Time, and Environment-along with fun, imaginative prompts to inspire and empower children to put their thoughts on the page.
A groundbreaking blueprint for developing every child's abilities, Your Child's Writing Life teaches parents how to give a gift that will last a lifetime.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Executive director of LitLife and LitWorld and author (What to Read When), Allyn asserts that writing fosters children's emotional growth, helps them develop critical thinking skills, and guarantees improved academic achievement. In this book she helps parents understand why writing is so critical and how they can guide their children through the writing process. Allyn explains that children are naturally drawn to the power of words and stories. Walking readers through the developmental stages of a child's writing life, she provides plenty of ideas for nourishing a child's writing, with activities for each age and stage from birth to 12 (ranging from reading aloud and imaginative play to keeping a writer's notebook or writing a flip camera movie script). Writing, the author says, gives kids a voice, provides an outlet for thoughts and feelings, and offers a form of sanctuary. Allyn emphasizes the parent's role as a guide in a child's growth as both reader and writer, noting that the early childhood years are crucial for literacy development. She also includes a useful chapter on books that inspire writing, as well as a chapter called "What to Write When" with prompts and techniques for curing writer's block.
