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Help your kids get a head start on literacy this summer by writing and illustrating your their own books!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m going to put on my teacher hat for a moment here and talk about something I’m seeing both with my own kiddos and with others I work with. The last 2-3 years have caused a huge disruption in learning, and many kids are very behind socially and academically. This isn’t really breaking news, I know, but I’ll lend my voice in saying that the problem is very real. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this in mind, an activity I’ve been doing with my kids to work on closing some of those literacy gaps is writing our own books. It’s actually very simple to do, and you don’t need strong writing or illustrating skills to get the benefits from this activity. A printer and the wonders of the internet have taken that burden away. Instead, you can focus on the important parts — creating stories, talking about what makes good writing, and reading the stories over and over and over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kids love to read things they’ve written. Fact of life. Many children who struggle to get involved in reading love creating and then reading and rereading their own stories. No, they’re not practicing in-the-moment decoding, but the repeated exposure to words has its own benefits. These include familiarity with sight words, practice with fluency, and positive attitudes towards reading. Throw in a little vocabulary expansion and spelling work during the writing process, and this is a literacy goldmine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while I’ve emphasized the academic benefits of this write your own book activity, I should mention that it’s just plain fun. My son is currently writing an entire series following Tiger and his many escapades in the forest, and my daughter is on the 2nd installment of the adventures of Foxy and Beary (who are a fox and bear, respectively, because that’s how it goes when you’re 5). They feel like real writers, and they talk all the time about their new ideas. There’s even been a cross-over event where Foxy and Beary met Tiger, and they workshopped that story together over lunch. It’s been a bigger hit than I would have guessed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Write Your Own Book<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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