Set aside 20 minutes to discuss the story, starting with the prompt and asking questions to build on what your child suggests.’ ‘It really needs some input to draw out your child’s ideas. ‘Creative writing shouldn’t be something where you leave your child to their own devices,’ Julia explains.
The key to using a creative writing prompt, says Julia, is to not just put it in front of your child but to spend some time exploring it together before they put pen to paper. Giving them a title alone is likely to inspire a one-dimensional response, whereas showing them a picture can help them to imagine themselves in the scene and use all five senses to explore what their characters might see, hear, smell, taste and touch. Using prompts also encourages children to use all their senses to inspire their writing. ‘But if they have a prompt, they can use it to take their story in any direction they choose.’ ‘If you give a whole class a set title, you tend to get a very generic response,’ says Julia. Prompts can help children to come up with a far more diverse set of ideas than they might usually. ‘Giving them something specific and concrete can help them to develop their ideas in ways that they would usually struggle with.’
‘It gives children both the freedom and encouragement to develop their ideas by thinking beyond the obvious and immediate,’ Julia explains. A creative writing prompt such as a picture or opening sentence can help to fire this creative process.
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