7 Ways To Develop Creative Writing In Children – You Are Parent

Stimulating creative writing in children is a great way to promote language learning and integral development in children. Children have a great imagination which, when applied to writing, produces extraordinary benefits.

Teachers in particular should take into account the importance of promoting activities that contribute to creative writing in children. Devoting time to these practices in the classroom is a very rewarding habit.

It is also a good habit at home. Like the “reading hour” when the whole family reads, a good routine is to generate “creative writing hour”. During this, all write in this form.

It is important not to speed up the processes. The recommended age for creative writing activities in children is from 8-9 years old. The child then learned to write correctly.

Benefits of developing creative writing in children

• Creativity is fundamental for human beings. This is the key to solving problems. However, this creativity must be stimulated and reinforced by all possible means.
• Creative writing always appeals to children. They experience the worlds of tales with great intensity. This is why they have a natural predisposition to this creative manifestation of language.
• It contributes to the improvement of activities  that promote learning in general. It promotes attention, memory and understanding.
• It is a very valuable tool for language acquisition. Practicing creative writing activities in children expands their vocabulary. It also allows a more fluid use of the structures specific to the language.

Proposals for developing creative writing

1. Thumbnails and short stories

   One of the strategies that children get a lot from is presenting them with a story in pictures. We recommend that it does not have more than 4 or 5 thumbnails. From the pictures, the child will write the story.

2. Creative scene

   An interesting stimulus is  to prepare a scene on the table with dolls and infantile objects. The child will thus create the story from this scene. Using elements known to the child, those with which he often plays, will promote his ideas.

3. The magical character

   The child will create his character with elements he has at hand: a balloon, pieces of fabric or paper, ice cream sticks, etc. He will have a face, eyes, nose and mouth. He will give it a name.

   It will be his magical character and he will have all the powers that the child will want to give him. The fundamental quality is that it will do good in the world.

   From this character, the child will be offered different situations in which his magical character comes into action. He will thus have to write the stories. With all the stories created, we can compose a book.

4. The story of the future

   One idea that children like a lot is  to write a story in which they are the age of their father or mother. Sometimes it is necessary to guide them through questions.

   This activity is also great to help them think of a plan for a future life.

   

5. Meeting of superheroes and princesses

   The child will create a story that will have as main characters superheroes or princesses who normally have no connection between them. For example, in the story will be Spiderman and Sleeping Beauty. They will have their own tale. A great way to let their imaginations run wild.

6. The story hidden in the picture

   The child will be presented with a photo of a person or animal in an environment that will serve as a stage. It could be a landscape, for example. Then, it is the child who will write the story hidden in this image.

7. The collective story

   This is  particularly suggested as a group activity. It can be used as a starting point for the stimuli mentioned above.

   Each child will write a sentence that begins the story. He will pass the sheet to one of his comrades. This will continue the story and pass it on to another. So on until the child receives the sheet of the story he has started. He will reread it and correct it by comparing the changes that have been made.

   In order for children’s creative writing activities to be more productive,  it is important that there is always an adult guide. It is normal that at first the child needs help to discover the ideas that exist in his mind.