Keep interest in writing alive with storytelling

Children are natural storytellers. A story about a
walk home from school may turn into an epic
that’s ready for the movie screen.
Since many kids think of writing as work, try to
use your child’s love of stories to keep an interest
in writing alive. Here are three story starters that
can make writing fun:
• Character Interview. Help your child
imagine a character she wants to write about.
She needs to know more about this person, so
she could pretend to be a reporter and do an
interview. She will ask questions like these:
What do you look like? Where do you live?
What do you like to eat?