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8 Writing Games and Activities for Kids
Being a parent is challenging and no walk in the park. This is especially true for those parents who struggle with their children’s schoolwork. Most children, undoubtedly, dislike writing and related activities. Here we discuss some stimulating ways to nudge your child into writing more, yet having fun so that it doesn’t get weary.
Fun Writing Games and Activities for Children to Encourage Them Write More
You will find below a list of games and activities that will encourage your child to willingly write more and enjoy it:
1. Telephone Pictionary
This is an interesting game that will spark the creativity in your child while encouraging them to write. The game is more fun with a larger number of players.
Material You Need
Plain sheets of paper
Pencils for each player
How To Play
Each player writes a sentence on the sheet and passes the sheet anti-clockwise.
The players now draw what the previous player has described in a sentence and fold the top of the sheet down so that only their drawing is seen.
The sheet is passed to the left again.
The players now write a sentence describing the drawing and fold the sheet such that only their sentence is seen.
The sheet gets passed around in the same manner until there is no room for writing or drawing on the sheet.
Open the sheets and compare original sentences with final drawings and have fun laughing at the transformation.
2. Pass Around Story-Writing
This game involves telling a story, which is a story writing games for kids, but it comes with a twist that will make writing a fun exploit.
Material You Need
Plain sheets of paper
Pencils for each player
How To Play
Write on a board the first sentence of a story.
The children then have to come up with their continuation of this sentence to build on the story.
After two minutes, they pass their paper to the next child, who continues the story for the next two minutes.
The paper is passed on again in the same manner for a few times until each story is completed.
Enjoy reading the unique and interesting stories that come about from this game.
3. Fill in the story
This game involves giving your child a story with blanks in between.
Material You Need
Sheet with a story printed, with blanks in between
Pencil
How To Play
Hand your child the sheet with the incomplete story and ask them to fill the blanks.
Make them fill out the blanks using their imagination.
Read the completed story together.
4. Birthday Messages
This is a great way to have your child willingly write something fun.
Material You Need
Card
Pencil
How To Do It
When there is a birthday in the family, have your child write out the birthday message. It will encourage them to voice their affection for family members and get some writing done in the bargain.
5. Cut Out My Name
This activity helps children to take an interest in cursive writing and can double up as handwriting games.
Material You Need
Paper
Pencil
Scissors
Paints
How To Play
Take a blank sheet and fold it into the half.
Let them write their names in cursive hand. Make it flowing and large. The writing should be along the crease of the fold.
Make the children trace over the writing many times over.
Let them fold the paper along the same crease again.
Have the children run over the folded piece many times until the writing creates a mirror image on the other half of the sheet.
Get the kids to cut out the names, leaving a slight amount of white space around the writing. The resultant image should look like a large bug.
Students can paint and glue these name “bugs” onto their cupboards.
6. Vocabulary Challenge
This is a game suitable for children who are over 6 years of age and can comfortably write.
Material You Need
Pencil
Paper
How To Play
Give your child a new word and explain the meaning.
Now ask them to write a sentence using the newly learned word in it.
If you have time on hand, get your child to write an entire story around this new word.
Ask them to include drawings or sketches of characters if you want them to truly not feel the pressure of writing.
7. Comic Strip Dialogue Activity
This is a fabulous activity for slightly older children who can read and write easily. It is a wonderful creative writing activity for kids who might enjoy spinning a tale or two.
Material You Need
Printed comic strip with blank speech bubbles.
Pencil
How To Play
Give the child the comic strip and have them fill out the blank dialogue bubbles.
Give them a challenge by asking them to make it exciting.
If your child is old enough, you can have them use felt pens and crayons to make the cartoon strip more colourful and lively.
8. Guess-Who-It Is Cards
This is a popular activity that can be done with slightly older children who are between 5-8 years. It involves guessing the personality on a set of placards.
Material You Need
Placards with Cartoon characters or movie characters known to the child.
Paper
Pencil
How You Will Do It
The children are shown a placard and asked to write a detailed description of the character and its features as seen in the picture.
As hard as it may be to make children commit to writing, as parents you can make a mundane task come alive by masking it through these fun games and activities. Parents who devote quality time to improving their children’s skills will certainly see a marked difference in their child’s learning capabilities because not everything can be taught in schools. Your child will benefit from the attention and individualistic treatment you give to each of these games, tailoring it to your kid’s requirements.
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Helping Your Toddler Recognise Himself In The Mirror
The developmental milestone of self-recognition dawns on a toddler around 18 months. Till then the baby babbles and presses her head into the glass unmindful of who that other little person looking at her is. As a parent you too can help in the development of this cognitive skill.
The process of recognition starts very early on in babies. Obviously, the person babies recognise first is their primary caregiver, generally that being their mother. In time babies recognise their favourite toys, sounds, and other babies too. What is endearing is that babies love looking in the mirror, and they do so without recognising themselves. They are happy making faces at the ‘other’ baby in the mirror. As a parent, you can do some things to help your toddler reach this milestone.
Ways to Help Your Toddler Recognise Herself
1. Peek-a-boo
Peek-a-boo is a game most babies’ love and it leaves them in peals of laughter. You can hide your toddler’s toys behind a pillow or under a blanket. Watch the excitement on your baby’s face as each toy is ‘found’. This activity helps your baby recognise herself and objects around herself.
2. Toys with reflective surfaces
Invest in a few toys with reflective surfaces for your little infant. Between the age of 4 and 6 months babies like playing with toys, so it's a good idea to buy such toys for them. You can buy a cot mobile with a reflective surface. The baby will look at her reflection, which with time helps in self-recognition and identification.
3. Make funny faces
Make eye contact with your child and imitate her funny facial expressions. Make silly faces at her and imitate the sounds your child makes. This helps your child understand that she is a separate entity from you.
4. Photo albums
As your baby grows a little older, sit her in your lap and show her photographs of the family. Point out photos of your child and other family members to him. This is a good exercise to help your child recognise not just her, but other members of the family too.
5. The rouge test
This is a very popular test devised by experts in which you can tell when your child starts recognising herself. Apply a mark on your child’s face without her knowing it. Show her the mirror. Before 15 months the child will not try to remove the spot because she'll not recognise it as her own face. Between the age of 15 and 24 months, the child will either touch the spot or try to remove it. This is when you can know that your child's begun to understand that the face in the mirror is her own face.
With these activities, you can get a clearer idea of how and when will your toddler recognise people and objects. The thing to keep in mind is that no two children are the same, and it's not necessary that all toddlers achieve the same milestone at the same time. Read more
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So in short kids should be allowed to grow naturally and if possible should be allowed to have their free time where in they can play can jump can crawl can laugh as per their will.
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