IDEAS TO HELP WITH WRITING
By: Nicola Reynolds
We all want our children to strive when it comes to their development in writing.
Learning to write shouldn’t just be done at school, you can help your child at home
by giving them the opportunity to excel in their development. Think of the parent job
satisfaction you would get when you receive a note / sentence / list from your child
that they did all by themselves.
Try my TOP TIPS / ACTIVITES to help support, encourage and get them EXCITED about writing.
KS1 WRITING ACTIVITIES:
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Shopping lists
Birthday cards / celebration cards
Post-it note messages
Writing messages in sand / shaving foam / cornflour / paint
Creating scrap books, get your child to draw and write about a favourite animal or family
member
Writing messages under pictures for a photo album
Recipe writing, get your child to write out their favourite treat to bake
Write letters to family or your child’s teacher (this was a favourite with my children)
Use magazines to cut out letters to make messages
Play ‘guess my animal’. Give children clues to an animal, they then have to write down which
creature they think it is
Practice the alphabet, take it in turns to write a letter each if needed
REMEMBER:
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Encouragement is key
Quick / small writing tasks are better than longer ones
Practice spellings
Take turns. Children love to have someone to share an
experience with. You are also building on relationship,
social, language skills
• Don’t pick up on spelling mistakes, let them be creative and have a go
• Pick a topic that your child LOVES like cars, space, animals