Summer Writing

Many of us have loads to do during the summer: camps, VBS, and family vacations.  Many families listen to audio books in the car.  Why not do a little writing?  Let me share a few good sites.  First is Summer Writing Ideas for Kids from Frugal Fun.  She suggests, making a comic book or joke book.  Buy an inexpensive sketch book.

Maybe your child would like to make a Nature Journal.  The website even has instructions to make the journal.  Kids can illustrate plants and jot down notes in their journals.  Perhaps, your family would like to collaborate and write a fairy tale.  Have you heard about Operation Gratitude?  Your children could write letters to members of the military.  When my friend, Claudia, was deployed as a flight nurse, the kids in VBS wrote her letters of gratitude for her service on flag stationary.  She shared her box of letters with everyone deployed.  Get your kid writing this summer!