How to Develop a Good Writer

Step one of developing a good writer is to become a good reader. Everything we've said previously about helping your children to read applies today. Next, I think the basic technique that you can use with children is to encourage the skill of what is called narration. Nerration in its simplest form simply means telling about something. It's telling. Notice here we're using the spoken word, not paper and pencil. And yet, the practice of narration forms the core of skill development.