How you can help your child with Writing
Everyday tasks such as making a shopping list can help improve your child’s writing skills.
Our school encourages all parents to help their children with their writing at home. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- ask your child to make a greeting card for a special occasion
- talk about the different ways we use writing (making lists, writing messages or notes)
- make personalised scrap books with your child – glue a photo or picture your child chooses onto a page and ask them to write words or sentences about the picture
- create a special place for your child to write. Providing writing materials, such as an easel or blackboard with scrap paper and pencils, makes a great environment to experiment with writing
- set up some plastic letter tiles or magnets for your child to play with or a keyboard to spell out or type words.
For more information and ideas on how you can support your child’s writing visit www.education.qld.gov.au/parents/map/
