how to help a child (7 years old) to produce creative writting (or be more creative in expression)?

Question

He is academically bright at school, and have excellent memory ( he can recite word for word a book he read) but when it comes down to writting or expressing himself in a creative way - he seems stuck for words and ideas - although if you ask him how to spell and meaning of a certain word he is very good at it.

Any ideas will be much appreciated - I am his father and I used to have the same problem so I understands how he feels but just feel so helpless as I am not much better..

Answer 1

sign him up gor after school programs that lets him interact with other kids. that`ll probably help him socialize and be more creative.

maybe he`s not in to writing, maybe he`s more in tp sports. let him try sports or something

Answer 2

Make up a picture file where he has to tell you what the story is of the picture. What emotions the people or animals are feeling possibly and the story behind that.

Have him tell you fractured fairy tales, Raol Dahl's are hilarious so he can get the idea.

Shel Silversteins' children's books are very creative and can help with poetry as can books by Robert Munsch, Dennis Lee- Alligator Pie comes to mind, as does Garbage Delight.

Find silly music for him to listen to that is age appropriate, Sharon, Lois and Bram is a good place to start.

Have him draw, paint , sculpt pictures but he has to write the story of what is going on in them for you to read. They'll be GREAT keepsakes when he has kids of his own.

Papa you have to strive to be more descriptive and creative with him . Stop a movie or a cartoon and you two come up with an alternative ending.

Draw cartoons together and make up the dialogue and stories.

Don't be competitive do it together, who knows what you'll come up with.

Answer 3

My daughter is 10 and still has this problem...read books to/with him and ask LOTS of questions AS you go through it. Discuss certain things in the story...Why do you think this happened or stop in the middle and ask how he thinks the story could end...be sure he understands there isn't any right or wrong answer...

It seems sometimes my daughter can't come up with an answer tomy question because she wants it to be the "right" answer when there isn't any "right" answer...

Maybe brainstorm topics or ideas a few times with him but I wouldn't let him use any idea you come up with...for ex., you say write a story about a cat on top of a roof and he comes up with the topic of a cat on top of a train--that's be o.k.

Boy, I don't know how else to help you...He's only 7, so I wouldn't get in a tizzy about it just yet...The more they read though, the more "ideas" they have to come up with. A seven year old, doesn't have a lot of life experiences to come up with new creative ideas.
Oh, as for expressing your feelings on paper. I tell my daughter to talk to herself slowly on paper. Write as if she were talking to me...even read her writing out loud and ask if it sounds like her when she talks...
Ok, out of ideas...HTH!

Answer 4

As far as coming up with ideas, encourage him to write down ideas as they come to him, so they are less forced when it comes time to write. Keep a list and have him refer to it when he gets stuck. Also, just because he's already written about one thing doesn't mean he can't write about it again, just encourage him to write about another aspect of it. If he's artistic, have him possibly draw a picture and then write a story about it. This may help to get his creative juices flowing a bit faster. For kids his age, don't get too bogged down with the grammar and spelling aspect of writing, but encourage him to focus on content. Most importantly, don't make writing a forced task, but try to make it fun for him. Of course he'll encounter school assignment that suck the fun out of writing, but keep a positive attitude and encourage him to use his intelligence and imagination in what he writes.

Answer 5

I hope you get some good ideas here, this is my contribution.

Practice story telling with him. One starts then the other goes ... and then just back and forth.

A. Once upon a time....
B. There was a monster!
A. Good! This monster had a bad tooth
B. And Green Hair!
A. The monster with a bad tooth and green hair was very lonely, he had no friends to play with.
B. He looked and looked but could find no friends, he was so sad.

Answer 6

I suggest taking out some of the nouns and verbs used in a piece of writing by your son and then giving him a list of adjectives/adverbs to choose from to add detail to what he has written. Ask him to imagine the words together...do they make the picture clearer, or better?
You could also take a piece of writing from a favourite book, eg Harry Potter, remove some of the adjectives/adverbs and read it out without-and with- so to speak. Ask him if he prefers one or other.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Have him start out writing about something he knows: his family.

My dad.... My mom.... My siblings... My dog... (Whatever.)

Maybe from there have him write about a hobby or sport or favorite toy.

Maybe then ask him to look outside and pick anything out there to write about (if it's raining he can write about that, the sun, the grass, trees, a car, a mailbox, ..whatever he wants to write about out there.)

By doing this and having him write first by what he knows he can become more creative in regards to it. (i.e. if he writes about his favorite toy (and describes it) ...after that maybe you can ask him to write a more creative story where he imagines the toy coming to life after he goes to sleep and what it does - hopefully that won't creep out a 7-year-old too much) ..you can expand from there.

Answer 9

I think you are expecting way too much. Seven years old? What kind of a teacher are you? First you need to teach the child, then, later, much later they will begin to be creative. I honestly think that you are the kind of teacher that damages children. Please, have fun, teach, play, do things that seven year olds should be doing.

Answer 10

Try having him do a stream of consciousness exercise, where he just writes down everything that comes in to his head without punctuating or correcting. I don't know how well this would work with a seven year-old, but it worked well for me when I was in high school.