Tag: tips for parents
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What Rhymes with Ketchup Bottle?
At a recent SoMIRAC (conference), author and illustrator Susan Stockdale told the audience how she grew up with a love for language in part because her mother used rhyme so playfully around the house. Here’s one rhyme she heard many-a-time during her childhood at the dining room table: Shake and shake the ketchup bottle, none’ll come and…
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Mary Amato’s Tips for Parents: How to Encourage Creative Writing
Create a time and place for writing. Children will want to write if you make it a fun activity to do together. “Let’s write a story!” Accept your child’s ideas. Your child may create a character/story you don’t like. Be open, and your child will want to keep writing. Allow your child to dictate to…