Posts Tagged ‘games’
A Little Bit of Magic
Elijah has been struggling with writing more than a few sentences each day, and I really want to boost his endurance and confidence. I posted a plea to Facebook yesterday and got some ideas & encouragement. I also remembered that I had Games for Writing by Peggy Kaye sitting on my shelf (for the past 5 years!) and had never really looked through it. So, I pulled the book down. All I have to say…Peggy Kaye is a genius!
Elijah and I tried one of the games today (in his second workbox).
You need some titles (I am sharing mine in case you need some on the fly), two pencils, a piece of paper, and a die. That’s it!
You can randomly select a title (draw one out of a bowl) if you want, but I let Elijah choose one. He chose "Chocolate for Lunch" (of course!). I started the game by rolling the die and writing the corresponding number of words on the paper. Then it was Elijah’s turn to roll and continue the story. I did not let him write more (or less) than what the die said. It took us about 45 minutes to write our story.
This was SO GREAT. I can not tell you what a good time we had. Elijah didn’t complain about writing (not ONE time). We laughed a lot. He’s funny! I also had a chance to explain when and why to add end punctuation. I didn’t correct his upper case letters. He has a bad habit of writing in ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME. It drives me crazy, but I wanted this to be fun. And it was. It is a memory I will always have. (The day my son enjoyed writing!)
Here is our story…
Chocolate for Lunch
One day I thought I should have chocolate for lunch. I started out with a fat Hershey bar. Next, I ate a chocolate bunny. I also gobbled brownies with chocolate ice cream and delicious hot fudge sauce. For dessert I had chocolate covered pretzels. The next day I was feeling icky. I went to the dentist. He was not happy with me! The End :)
