For this writing prompt, your child will pretend to be a king and make up a new law for his kingdom.
Medieval Magic – Lesson 4
I can write about how I would rule my kingdom.
Objective: To use inventive writing to write a story. (W.K.1)
Materials: journal, pencil, crayons
Procedures: Read a children’s book about a king such as “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Talk about the role of a king and discuss laws. For this writing prompt, ask your child to pretend he ruled a kingdom and could make a new law. What would the law be? Encourage him to use spaces between words, punctuation at the end of the sentence and to use letter-sounds that he hears in words. Write the real words under his sentence. Then he will illustrate his story.
Conclusion: Have your child read his story to you again. Talk about his cool illustrations and how you liked his new law.