I've had this activity for a while, mostly because I plan to use it later as a good starting point for when B starts to write/journal and tell stories. However, in some reorganizing B found the box and wanted to know why all these pictures were in there? *Light bulb, why save it - use it now!* So, that's exactly what we did.
First you start with a box or storage container. I found my at the craft store, on sale of course. Some day it will get painted and look super cute, but for now it's just a box.
Then go through magazines, sale ads, newspapers & cut out pictures that are open ended. Then place the pictures in the box & have the child(ren) pick one and make up a story about that picture. For younger kids you can dictate their stories, for older ones have them write the story themselves, as a bonus have them read it to the family at dinner or on a family night. What's great about this activity is how many times you can repeat it & get different results, plus you'll have a great keepsake of their writings and how imaginative they are.
This is what B picked as his first story (I have no idea why the picture flipped that way)
His begins...Once Upon a Time there was a musical school bus, but people didn't know it's name. Then it grew bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger, bigger tires and people couldn't get on it and they had to get away....
What kind of stories will your child(ren) tell?
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