In our classrooms our students practice writing in authentic ways. While you are home, there are lots of fun opportunities to continue to make writing a playful part of your day. Here are some of my favorites:

• Set up a writing table with a variety of pencils, markers, and papers
• Ask children to help create a weekly family newsletter and email to relatives
• Have children write lists for the grocery store
• Help children create stories or books about family experiences
• Give children a clipboard and pencil and send them on a word hunt around the house.
• Involve children in writing a nightly message; keep the messages in a family journal
• Take photos of a family activity and ask children to write about the pictures; mail it to a family member or friend.
• Take an interest in meteorology and keep a weather chart where children write about the weather each day
• Encourage children to write letters and cards to grandparents and other relatives