by NikkiYoungAuthor | Mar 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
How honing your listening skills can benefit your writing. Writing is more than just what we see, but we often ignore our other senses because we default to our most dominant sense. Now, that’s not true for everyone, but it includes the majority of us. At...
by NikkiYoungAuthor | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Ways you can help your children with their English and writing at home. There are a whole host of resources on line that are currently free to download at home to help with English and writing support. Educators have made this possible because they know parents will...
by NikkiYoungAuthor | Feb 27, 2020 | Writing exercises
On a rainy day there is nothing better than to wipe the dust off a few board games and start playing them. However, what if you could incorporate these exciting games into your writing? That’s just what one of our Young Writers did and here she is to explain for...
by NikkiYoungAuthor | Feb 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
I recently worked with some Year Six children on story planning and writing, under timed conditions. We had 45 minutes, 15 of which were for story planning and the remaining 30 minutes for writing the story. This was the brief: You are lost in a desert and get caught...
by NikkiYoungAuthor | Feb 3, 2020 | Writing exercises
Want to know a fun thing to do with your weekly spellings list? Turn them into a short story. This is one of my favourite things to do with the children at Storymakers and it’s particularly useful if you have reluctant writers. Not only does it help with spellings, it...
