Give the children time during the week to look through old magazines, calendars, greeting cards, and postcards. Invite them to cut out pictures that pique their interest or curiosity and paste them in the notebook. Have them record new words or catchy sayings that they learn from their parents, their pastors, or books they are reading. When you give each new writing assignment, your students will have interesting ideas to draw from - right at their fingertips. As the children grow, they will learn that writing is more than the clever turn of a phrase.
Writing is discipline, emotion, depth, and art.
It is one of the most effective and enduring means of communicating. And even more importantly, it is a tool to use in testifying of the Lord Jesus Christ. Eileen Berry is a member of the Elementary Authors department at BJU Press. All rights reserved.