When do you start Journal/creative writing?

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  • March 12, 2010 at 10:24 pm
    mystika1
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    Hi,
    I have been thinking about adding in Journal time for my daughter and was wondering when I should start. My daughter is in the 1st grade and is currently doing copywork and narration. I would like to add in some creative writing as I think she would enjoy it. Is she too young for this? What are your thoughts on this?

    Thanks,

    Penny

    March 12, 2010 at 10:51 pm
    LindseyD
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    I would also be interested to know what others have to say about this. My ds6 is also in 1st grade. 

    ~Lindsey

    March 13, 2010 at 12:30 am
    CindyS
    Participant

    If your child is wanting to dictate to you and you have the time to jot it down, that’s great. I would go along with the age recommendation for narration, which is 6 years old, because storytelling is much the same. I got my daughter one of those comp books that has lines on the bottom and room for drawing on the top. She dictates a story to me every once in awhile. Then she illustrates each page over the next few days. We’ve done several things with it – matching up sentence strips that I make, locating words she can read, pulling from it for oral spelling, identifying sentence structure on a very beginner level. She is 7, nearly 8 and started this about a year ago.

    Blessings,

    Cindy

    March 13, 2010 at 1:36 am
    missceegee
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    My dd9 has had a personal journal since she was 6, but it is just for her to record thoughts and memories. I ask her to write something once per week. Sometimes she writes one sentence, sometimes a bit more. I don’t review this unless she wants me to, which is most of the time. 

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