Creative writing is fun for everyone, but children have an extraordinary imagination.
If children are encouraged, this can lead to wonderful stories.
To help your child get started first ensure they have a specially designated notebook to keep their stories together.
Begin by asking your child the following questions:
Where do you want your story to be?
It could be in the woods. Click here to see the Ballyyahoo Woods for ideas and pictures.
In their school
In the garden.
On the beach. Click here for the Ballyyahoo beach.
Or, even on another planet!
Help your child with a few suggestions then ask them to think of a few places themselves.
More questions to ask your child:
Who is going to be in your story?
Your family, friends, fairies, animals, aliens from outer space, people you make up?
When do you want your story to happen?
In the future, the past or right now.
What is going to happen in your story?
Think of the most amazing things that can happen.
Once your child has chosen a place, some characters and a time for the story to take place, they can begin to decide what is going to happen.
You can help by making suggestions – for example:
The space ship crashed on the beach, and lots of little aliens came running out.
They were lost and scared and hid behind some rocks.
John saw them and wondered if they could talk.
He wanted to talk to them, but he was scared too.
Once you get to that stage with a child and their story, they will probably begin to think of lots more things that can happen in their story.
Remember that asking W questions leads to answers and answers form the story.
Who
What
When
Where
Why
I hope this helped your child create a story and if it did – please like and share.
See below for a children’s creativity exercises – about dogs. More to come…
Creative Writing Exercises for Children
Exercises are a great way to trigger ideas for stories.
Click the links below to find some free exercises for children.
Creative Writing Exercises for Children about dogs.
Best wishes
Grace
P.S. I hope you and your children are enjoying Ballyyahoo. All the stories and photographs you find on this site are free because the aim of Ballyyahoo is to encourage children to love nature.
If you and your children enjoy the site and want to support Ballyyahoo the best way to spread the word is to like, comment and share.
Another way to support the site is to buy one of the Ballyyahoo books.
MAGGIE MANY CATS AND OTHER STORIES
Maggie Many Cats and Other Stories is a complete collection of Ballyyahoo stories.
Each story contains clickable links to educational resources on this site so your child can discover the joys of nature as they read.
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