How can a reader of a writer

How can a reader of a writer My daughter reads all the time, but does not seem interested in writing? Molly? Mother worried. As director of a program to write after school, I often hear this complaint. I gave Molly? Mother of my typical response? Congratulations! You? 've already won half the battle. If your children are fun to read, when you begin to write regularly, but integrated into a resource that will encourage them to experiment with the tone, improve sentence structure, and expand their vocabulary. Children are some of their best leaing unconsciously, have an enormous capacity to absorb and process. Once an avid reader writes pink blocks, their writing is of course to improve faster than peers who do not read much. Of course, the real trick is to write in their first place.Writing requires more effort and patience to play. Good practice involves writing and good readers don? T automatically become good writers. To release your child? S inhibitions about writing, ask your child to use writing to help you in your daily work. For example, before you go shopping, have your child help you write a list of what you need. As a reward, ask your child to write a wish list for shopping. Before you take a vacation, ask your child to write the places you want to visit, things I want to do the kind of restaurant they want to eat, and hotels, they want to remain prior to their birthday party, ask them to write the gifts who wish to receive, the people who want to invite, to eat the cake they want. This type of list in May seem trivial, but focuses on a fundamental concept: writing is a way to get what I want in life.Talking books is a great way to get your thoughts on children, the plot, theme, Dialogue and fiction? from other buildings. Ask your child to the list of features of some favorite fictional protagonists or antagonists. What personalities of these characters have in common? They are kind or cruel? A comfort or a disaster? Funny or serious? Ask your child to create a character who has some of these common features, challenge your child to make a new character to trait.Once at least you get the ball rolling, the relationship between reading and writing becomes mutual. Your child will absorb important rules of grammar and style of play, when at the same time, they feel a greater sense of purpose when reading.Joyce Svitak is co-author of "flying fingers" - master tools for leaing joy of writing. It 'also the director of his school, called the seeds of leaing. Please visit for further advice to read and write and his writing in Redmond, WA.