Phonics - Writing

Writing

Writing allows us to make sense and personal meaning of the world around us. Not everyone is an author, but everyone should be a writer. We participate in the writing process when we jot down a shopping list, text a friend or dash off an email. Imagine a world with no words-how would communication, sense, or meaning be possible?

Teaching children to write begins with encouraging them whenever they take pen, pencil or crayon to paper, or want to type on the keyboard. Parents and instructors can provide guidance to these activities in many ways. Some hold that children should not be held responsible for spelling mistakes-after all it is argued-they will have spell check when they get older-so why bother? Writing, as with any form of communication, is always more meaningful if the writer is able to convey ideas so that the reader truly understands. Learning at least the basic rudiments of spelling is a necessity to foster the writer in your child.

A website for the creative writer from Emily Hanlon, novelist and writing and creativity coach. On the site you will find exercises, prompts, teleseminars, workshops, articles, book and tapes, a blog.

Writing allows each of us to share-and that is what it is all about in this world. Young children try to tell us by words, gestures, facial expressions, body language and pictures how they feel and what they see. The ability to write allows them one more indispensable avenue, and permits all to share in their experiences. Another valuable contribution of the written word is that it allows us to revisit these memories and remember. Writing-there is nothing quite like it for describing our world and how we see it.