Children can use drawings or photography to depict current events such a great block-building project, new staff member, or new baby in a classmate's family. Some children may enjoy developing a comic strip for the newspaper or creating advertisements. Provide children with drawing paper, drawing materials, and lettering tools and assist them in writing, dictating, and editing their work. Work with children to develop a layout for their newspaper. Children can cut and paste their work onto the large sheet of newsprint paper pre-folded to create a newspaper layout.
Children can take turns taking their paper home to share with their families.
Some children may be more motivated than others to engage in the activity. Be flexible and encourage alternative ways for children to assist in the process. Visit a Publisher. Plan a class trip to a local newspaper company to meet the different people associated with the production of a newspaper. The trip can be planned prior to or during the development of the children's class newspaper.