Creative Tutors of Wake County, North Carolina

Summer Writing Activities

Summer break from school can mean lost skills by autumn. There are a considerable number of fun summer writing activities which can help the child to continue practicing skills they have learned and be ready for the start of the new school year.

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Having a Writing Box available will encourage children to continue developing fine motor skills, encourage them to use their imagination and develop higher level thinking, all of these skills are crucial to the writing process. Be sure to include:

a. Crayons, markers, coloring pencils

b. A selection of colored paper as well as a variety of textured paper

c. Glue sticks

d. Scissors (make sure they are age appropriate,)

e. Finger paint or shaving cream

f. Other fun craft items

Cutting and coloring are activities that help to strengthen and refine fine motor skills needed for hand writing.  Encourage your child to draw pictures or create art work that would accompany a story or book they are reading.  Take nature walks or evening strolls with your child and encourage them to make up stories about things they see around them.  Young children can dictate a story for you to write which they can then illustrate.  Older kids can journal about their summer vacations.

You can set up a Journal Jar with writing prompts.  This makes a great gift idea as well. http://tiny.cc/wmft1

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Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.

Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.

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