For the past two weeks, I have been thinking about how to assess and develop my 7 year old’s reading and writing abililities in a way that wasn’t burdensome. The shelves in the education section of our local bookshops are dotted with workbooks of every shape, size and colour. That seemed like an easy alternative- […]
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I wanted to do something different than the usual descriptive piece of landscapes such as forests, beaches and mountains. So, I looked around the house and saw our oven, refrigerator and walla …MACHINES!
We take machines for granted since they have always been there , well at least for the past few generations! Most of us […]
Filed under: Exploring writing with children on March 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve just posted a worksheet on mini activities to explore literary elements with your children.
Download it here: Mini Activities to Explore Literary Elements
I hope you will enjoy them!
Filed under: Exploring writing with children on January 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
For this writing activity, your child has to think of an incident e.g. football game, a dance, visit to the farm, a picnic by the sea, a day at school. She has to describe the incident purely through phrasal verbs.
Since this may be quite tough, you may want to ask her to write a short […]
Filed under: Exploring writing with children on January 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
Hi, I will be posting a new worksheet soon on how to use a thesaurus when you write poems with you children. The whole idea has to do with bringing the image taht you have in mind to a sharper focus.
I have been penning down some poetry of my own as I think about how […]
Filed under: Exploring writing with children on November 18th, 2007 | No Comments »
Some ideas of what to do with the fairytale –Sleeping Beauty.
The king and queen and those in their court were supposed to have slept for a hundred years. Together with your child, list down the changes that would have taken […]
Filed under: Exploring writing with children on November 6th, 2007 | No Comments »
