Script writing - Our little budding authors

A discussion circle at the time of storytelling is the best way to get little ones put their ideas down.

This week, we talked about the elements of a good story and the answers that came from 7 year old kids was fascinating.

We talked at length about the different writing styles of authors and the plots of different types of stories. This motivated me to involve them in story writing. The final product was splendid!

We skimmed through the book TUESDAY by David Weisner. Once we completed watching this picture book, the children sat down to write the same story in different formats. We had a pair which wrote it in the form of a traditional folk tale and even attempted to incorporate a moral , another that wrote it in the form of a mystery story and the best was the pair which wrote the entire story in the classic Dr Suess style using humour and rhyming pattern.

This activity reinforced my belief that reading and thorough involvement during reading can sculpt a child's overall creative ability.