- Tell stories about your day. As the child begins to understand simple stories, expand the narratives to be longer and more complex.
- Tell short stories about pictures. Family photos are great for this!
- Practice telling stories using wordless picture books or comic strips.
- Encourage your child to retell a story that you told first. If he cannot do this independently, help him sequence the events and recall the details by asking him questions like "Then what happened?" "Where did they go?" etc.
- Have your child tell stories about the day's events. Again, if he has difficulty organizing the ideas, ask questions from the story frame to help fill in the missing details.
- Use a computer to write stories with your child. It allows the child to add details and elaborate and save his ideas. There are some fun story maker sites on the web.
Have fun!
