Creative writing is a great skill for children to pick up and experience, which can be taught from a young age. It’s also something that your child can learn to love, in turn building their confidence and their experience with their writing skills. In this guide from an independent school in Hertfordshire, we explore the ways you can help your child with their creative writing skills.
Write with your child
Encourage your child slowly through the ways of writing by giving them tips and tricks on how you write yourself. When your child is working on something that needs to be written down, you can also take the time to write something in front of your child and work alongside them. Help them along the journey by giving your child a push in the right direction. If you want to, you could work on the same thing as your child. Show them how you would describe friends, family, or a day out you both shared together.
Ask your child what they enjoy doing the most
Getting your child to write about what they love doing each week and what their favourite things are is a great way to get them motivated. Let them explore the things that matter the most to them. Get them thinking about how these activities and relationships make them feel, they’re bound to feel a lot of emotions and thoughts without even trying.
Ask them to describe family members
Part of encouraging your child to write is about the describing words they may use in their writing. A good way to do this is asking them to describe people they know well already – like you, their mum or dad, their siblings, relatives and anyone else close to them. Get them thinking about the colour of hair, eyes and other features. It helps them think clearly about what they’re writing, that will help them in writing creatively.
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