| Fortnightly
Newspaper - creative writing skills in
children |
This activity helps bring the family closer together by encouraging
communication and bringing out what various members of the family
think and feel. It also encourages creative writing skills as well
as factual reporting skills and editorial skills. And if you are
a working mother it provides an excellent method of keeping abreast
with your children's lives.
Unlined sheets of paper
Sketch pens (alternately a computer)
Stapler
| 1.
|
Write
down small items of family news as headlines |
| 2.
|
Write
a few big articles on your family's interests, travel plans,
major events etc. ( This also encourages thinking and memory
skills) |
| 3. |
Put in a personal column, a few jokes, pictures etc. |
| 4.
|
Staple
all the pages together, photocopy and distribute to the other
family members. |
The
older children can create their fortnightly newspaper on the computer,
thus polishing up their computer skills also.
| Safety
tip -Be careful with the stapler |
 Bound
unlined notebook
Glue tube
Sketch pens
| 1. |
Before
you go on a holiday ask your child to read up on the place you
are going to and note the main points down in the notebook.
Put these down under different sections such as flora and fauna,
economy, history, religious beliefs, socio-cultural customs
etc. |
| 2. |
While
on holiday, collect things like flowers and leaves of plants
unique to the region, soil. Also collect postcards and photographs
featuring monuments, religious and cultural rituals, wild life,
etc of the area. |
| 3. |
Paste
everything into your book under the relevant section. |
| 4. |
Write
your own impressions of the place and compare this to what the
guidebooks had said.. |
| 5. |
Record
all interesting or funny happenings during the course of the
holiday. You can even collect the tickets, paper napkins from
the restaurants you went to, etc.
|
|
Scrap Book crafts and
idas for
kids |
 Sketchbook
Old magazines
Scissors
Glue tube
Marker pens
| 1. |
Cut
out pictures from the magazines |
| 2. |
Paste
them in the sketch book in the form of a collage. |
| 3. |
Give
them small funny captions. |
| Safety
- Be careful of the scissors. |
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