I have two boys, both gifted, one 6, one 8. They love typical boy stuff and neither is a big writer. My 6yo is more so but rarely writes outside of school assignments. They are prolific readers, I'd like to encourage writing as well so that's it's not always seen as a chore.
I thought about setting up e-mail accounts (with as much privacy settings as I can set up!) so they can e-mail back and forth with each other and with their grandparents and older cousin. Obviously, to each other it would be super silly stuff but they'd need to reign it in when talking to Grandma!
Would this be a good idea to encourage composition? (I also think 6yo doesn't like the physical part of writing b/c it's not fast enough for him.)
Other ideas are welcome, they do need to be sneaky as my boys know very quickly what's "fun" vs. what's "Mom's latest idea to get us to write more".
thanks!
Shannon L.
