So, you want to write for kids

The 2nd Annual Lampara Children’s Story Writing Workshop

SMX, Meeting Room 81PM – 5PM September 20, 2014

So, you want to write for kids.

Zarah C. GagatigaTeacher. Librarian. Storyteller. Authorhttp://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com@thecoffeegoddes

Back to Basics

ChildrenLiterature

Children’s LiteratureThe Reading Experience

Writing Worshop

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Think about this.Think of one word that would describe

CHILDREN.

What does LITERATURE mean to you?

Complete this sentence:

Children’s literature is ________________________________________________________________.


My Reading HistoryWhat did you read as a child?

What are you reading now as a grown up?

What are children reading today?


The Reading ChildPre-Reading StageInitial ReadingConformation & FluencyReading & Learning the NewMultiple ViewpointsConstruction & Reconstruction

- Jean Chall, 1983


The 10 Values of Children’s Literature (Clarkson, 1969)

Children's literature affords delight and a sense of wonder.

It extends the imaginative power of childhood.It develops the child's appreciation of beauty.It contributes to the growth of a more

compassionate human being.It opens to the wonderland of words and ways

of using them.It offers a vast storehouse of information.It contributes to art appreciation.It has the potential for raising the self-concept

of a child who has a poor picture of himself.It forms a foundation for more difficult

adolescent novels, poems and drama.It gives a heroic image to childhood.


The Writing ProcessPre-writing

Writing the first draft

<Asking for feedback>

Revision and editing

Publishing (sharing and communicating the story)


Blast From the PastRecall as far back as you can your

memories of:Life stages Memories (highs and lows)

Pre-school to Kinder

Grade School

High School

College

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What happened in your small group

sharing?

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So, you want to write for kids