Journals, Writing Topics, Prompts for Kids, Story Starters & More!
TweetMake an Online Journal if That’s Your Style!— When the term blog first surfaced, few people knew what it meant. Today, however, nearly everyone knows what a blog, or online journal or web log, is all about, even your grandmother! Here’s an interesting snip-it from Yahoo! Answers about the origins of the word blog: The [...]
TweetJournal writing topics— 27 Fabulous Ideas to Ignite Your Imagination and Deepen the Writing Process Journaling topics are helpful to ignite your imagination and get the creative juices flowing, and journal keeping has many fabulous benefits for kids and adults alike. Journal keeping helps to clarify thoughts and feelings, reduce stress, solve problems more effectively, [...]
TweetJournaling tools to help adults help kids to journal more consistenly. The art of journaling can be an exciting hobby for children, and it can help them learn better writing skills. As an adult, you can teach children effective journaling tools to help them learn how to deal with events and emotions surrounding their lives. [...]
Tweet Journaling Tips: How To Spark a Child’s Interest in Journal Keeping–- When children are given a journal with blank pages, they may need some encouragement at first to write down their thoughts and feelings. Parents may need to come up with some neat ideas to motivate their children to maintain a journal or to [...]
Tweet Journal Tips to Motivate Kids– Writing in a journal is a great way for children to process and express their thoughts, feelings, emotions and creativity. When children begin writing at an early age, it increases the chances that this habit will continue on through adulthood. Children tend to have a better response to writing [...]
TweetJournal Writing Tips for Kids – It’s very common for a child in their preteens or for young teenagers to be exposed to writing exercises in school. This is a very pivotal time in their lives and is an excellent time to start journaling. If parents want to set their children up for literary success, [...]
Tweet Daily Writing Prompt— Using a daily writing prompt is a great way to enhance your personal journal writing, and it is a great way as well to help kids elevate their journal keeping to a higher level. We all experience writer’s block at times and can use some help jump starting our writing, be [...]
TweetHow to Journal — For the purpose of this article we focus on tweens, yet know that these tips really may be applied to anyone of any age. Journal keeping is an ageless activity! Journal keeping can serve several purposes. For example, it is a great tool when a tween needs to vent their feelings [...]
TweetKids Goals — Tools for Goal Setting Some kids are masters at making goals for themselves and creating a plan for achieving those goals, but the majority of kids – like adults – are not. Teaching kids goals setting (not goal but goals!) is essential because it is a skill that effects both a child’s [...]
TweetKeeping a journal— Keeping a journal is much more than just sitting down and making entries onto a piece of paper, especially when we are writing about ourselves and our lives. The first sentence we write may be about ourselves or the words might be about someone or something else. Either way, keeping a journal [...]
