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Encouraging and Creating Young Creative Writers

Just in case you missed my guest post on the WOW! Women on Writing blog yesterday, here you go: Encouraging and Creating Young Creative Writers Before I get too far in today’s post, I should tell you a bit about who I am. I’m a wife, a mother, a writer, a musician, and a dairy farmer. I don’t know how all these go together, but I have a sneaking suspicion that each of them play into my role as a teacher when it comes to teaching young people about creative writing. I work on special projects with my daughter’s class. She is in Kindergarten, and some of her creative writing has already been featured on my blog, submitted as part of a college project for her teacher, and shared with many via social media. My daughter turned six at the beginning of March; so when I speak to you about creating a young creative writer, I want you to know that a child is never too young to be creative. The first stories that a child hears are simple spoken tales shared by their parents. Hearing develo...