My daughter is seven years old and has been showing strong interest with putting together books. She creates her very own stories from her imagination. She gathers our computer paper, staples the papers together and writes her story on the whole page. She's very proud of her work and I was just wondering, does anyone have any simple ideas to encourage this? I was thinking about buying her some colorful string to bind the papers together, hole puncher, markers and special pens/pencils.
2006-09-29 07:35:17 · 7 answers · asked by mh 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
See if your local library has any groups of kids that meet to share stories they have written. See if your town or school offers any creative writing classes for young kids. Help her start her own group.
2006-09-29 07:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by Puff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about making copies of her book, and giving them to Grandparents for a gift. Praise is a great motivator. The scissors that is used for scrap booking could give a different edge and decorative edges to her paper. Also encourage her to draw a picture for the front of her stories.
2006-09-29 14:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by roeskats 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's awesome! maybe when she makes a lot of stories, u can get her a journal and pen set for "ideas" where she can take around w/ her everywhere... also u can have her put on plays with the family, or by herself. have her draw pictures, illustrations.... i like the markers and pens and string ideas! it would probably also excite her to have a Really Nice, binded blank book for "finished" works. :) good luck!
also u can get them laminated at kinkos and make a real book out of it, so she feels like she was "published"!
2006-09-29 15:05:01 · answer #3 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is SO awesome. because im doing that to. exept i use note books for writing in. im 12 yrs old and i have already started writing over 5 stiories finishing 1. the stories may become a series or something. i plan to publish mine like my daddy. encourage ur daughter. shell ingoy it.
2006-09-29 15:39:50 · answer #4 · answered by illustrator #12 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's great! she is a writer in the making the best advice I can tell you is to always encourage more writing and participate in reading it with her..when she is done writing it on paper you can sit with her and type it out so you can start to show her the editing process.. and then when she shows improvement get a scraping book and help her create her book!
2006-09-29 14:41:37 · answer #5 · answered by Missbribri 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
holy geez! here i've been, encouraging kids to rediscover the wonder of having a tactile experience of reading a book, here's a 7-year old with her mind set on writing her own books!
there's nothing like encouraging your daughter to weave and tell her own stories...and guiding her to write them, her way, at her own pace.
she'd love you to ask her whether the ladybug buzzing close to a spiderweb in the backyard bush might have a story that only she knows, that only she can tell. and she'd definitely love you to be with her as she creates her stories, giving feedback, encouraging words...or just an encouraging presence. and then helping her put her stories together in "book" form.
then, you might want to ask her if she wishes to have copies of her book to give away to grandpa or grandma, even read the story/ies to them as she gifts them with her autographed copy.
nothing like letting her realize that there are stories just waiting to be told, to be written, by her. and nothing like a purpose and appreciative audience to encourage her to create and write, making her realize that her efforts have been worthwhile.
2006-09-30 13:05:39 · answer #6 · answered by saberlingo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She could be gifted...This sites show info on child authors...
http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/child_authors.php
This site helps a parents of a gifted child...
http://www.reacheverychild.com/feature/gifted.html
This site is to connect with other moms like you...
http://www.clubmom.com/display/279087?kid=106211&keyword=gifted+children&aid=146
Hope that helps...Good luck!
2006-09-29 14:48:35 · answer #7 · answered by B*Family 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋