Story writing helps literacy in children

Researching ideas for short stories will lead to improved literacy

Literacy will come naturally. Say young Billy is finally interested in writing a few short stories. OK, the first will be about his pet hamster, Pugs.

The initial story will likely be quite boring. Pugs ran on his wheel, he drank some water, he hid under the sawdust. Great, Billy's on his way.

Given that Billy got this far, do you think you could simply ask him a few questions? Like why does Pugs run on the wheel several times a day? Or does Pugs need to go under the sawdust to sleep?

Now, see if Billy cares to answer these questions. Would he be willing to re-write the story if he got some answers? If he would, point him to some nature sites or other information resources to learn more about hamsters.

It's pretty well guaranteed that Billy will soon be reading far more than he will write. We just used writing to obtain our end result.

Now let's separate the varieties into:

Functional

Information

Computer

and several other types to know about.

And when in doubt about the meaning of words or phrases, check out their Etymology.