Writing Kids activity books by Words Worth Reading Ltd
With Easter quickly descending upon us all, it is time to start thinking of new and creative ways to spend time with the children. All holidays require some form of creative activities to keep children (and adults!) entertained, and Easter is one of those funny holiday breaks where the weather might be great and you can spend your days in parks and on family days out, but then it could also rain and become miserable for two weeks and you find yourself scrabbling around trying to find fun things to do inside. It's always a tricky one.
There are lots of activity books on the market aimed at keeping children entertained on miserable weather days, on long car journeys or on trips to visit friends and relatives. These books are great - often colourful and task-orientated, they provide a real focus for children. However, they are also generic and frequently repetitive in terms of content and the activities they suggest are completed. Home-made activity books that are tailored to individual children are so much better!!
Creating your own activity books for your children is a wonderful way to ensure that all of the activities contained within the book will be engaging for your specific children. It is also a fun way to stretch your own creative muscles - something that is very important in adult life and that is often lost in the mundane routines of household chores, academic life, working life and family responsibilities. When creating your own activity book for children there is also the opportunity to get them to help you create the activity book in the first place - an entertaining activity in its own right!
So, what sort of thing can go into an activity book? Well, as discussed above, the beauty of creating your own activity book is that you have control over the activities that are contained within it. The contents of the book will also be dependent upon the age of the child or children who will be utilising the book. Some common ideas for activities that could be tailored to a range of children and across a range of ages however include;
- Write a story about the picture. Have a small sketch or image cut out of a magazine and paste it on the top of a page. Then set the children the task of writing a story about the picture in front of them, asking them to be as imaginative as they like
- Finish the sentence. Start a story by writing an opening line, and ask them to finish it.
- I Spy. Choose an accessible room in your house, such as the kitchen, and ask the children to list as many items as they can find in that room that start with a chosen letter, such as the letter M.
- All about me. Provide space for the children to draw and write about themselves.
- Create a character. Write down some adjectives that could be used to describe a make believe character, and ask the children to draw what they think of when they hear these words.
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