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Writing Skills

Helping Young Children Develop Strong Writing Skills

Writing is an important element of a student's education.

Writing is an impor-tant form of communi-cation.

Writing is an important part of our daily lives.

Why writing is important?

What Can You Do?

Provide a place. Provide the materials.

Brainstorm Talk with your child as much as possible about her ideas and impressions, and encourage her to de-scribe people and events to you.

Before Getting Started!

Ideas Organization Voice Word Choice Sentence Fluency Conventions

6 Traits of Writing :

A Selection of Interesting Prompts

What I really hate! What I really like! My favorite fruit…. The best thing that had happened to me The worst thing that

had happened to me Something funny happened to me

The writing process

Encourage the child to draw and to discuss her drawings

Activities for young children

"What is the boy doing?"

"Does the house look like ours?

"Can you tell a story about this picture?“Show an interest in, and askquestions about, the things your child says, draws, and may try to write.

Ask your child questions about her drawings such as:

Ask your child to tell you simple stories as you write them down:Copy the story as your child tells it, without making changes.ask her to clarify anything you don't understand.

Use games:There are numerous games and puzzles that help children with spelling while increasing their vo-cabulary.

Turn your child's writing into books:

Paste her drawings and writings on pieces of construction paper. For each book, make a cover out of heavier paper or cardboard, and add special art, a title, and her name as author. Punch holes in the pages and cover, and bind the book together with yarn or ribbon.

Things To Remember:

Allow time

Respond to your child's writing

Praise your child's writing

Avoid writing for your child

Help your child with her writing

Provide your child with spelling help

when she's ready for it

Practice, practice, practice

Jazaak AllahHira foundation schoolA Division of Jamia Darul Uloom

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