Write a story with your child and help him read it back to you.
- Target Age: 3-6
- Learning Goals: Writing Fundamentals; Remembering; Sequencing
- Related Episodes: Episode 4281: Furry Potter
- Plain paper
- Crayons or markers
- Hole punch
- With your child, think about a memorable day in his life such as a birthday or trip to the zoo, and talk about some of the events that happened on that day.
- Write down the first event that happened. For example, “First, we went to see the penguins. They were black and white.”
- Ask your child to draw a picture that goes with the words on the page and write the page number on the top. Explain that books have page numbers and that the numbers let you know the order of the pages.
- Turn the paper over and do the same thing with the second event on the other side.
- Together, continue to add pages until you’ve written a whole story about your day. Use sentence starters such as “first”, “second”, “then”, “next”, and “finally”.
- Create a cover for your story by choosing a title and having your child draw a picture to match it. Help your child write his name on the cover.
- Stack the pages and punch three holes along the left side.
- Cut three pieces of yarn, thread each one through a hole, and tie bows with double knots. You’re book is ready!
- Ask your child to “read” the book to you using the picture clues to remember the different parts of the story.