Written Expression Links for Parents

This is a five minute video on the five steps of the Writing Process. It is helpful to understand the process in order to help your child to accomplish major writing tasks following the proper guidelines.

NCTE

This is not a fancy looking site, but you will find some great information on what you can do at home as well as how you can provide support for your child's school-writing program. Additionally, you will find many other school related links.

How to Help Your Child Become a Better Writer

Reading Rockets - Link 1

This advice for parents details what they can do to help preschoolers become readers, and help school-age children improve their reading skills.

How Can I Improve my Child's Writing

LD Online

"Writing was definitely the worst task of all. It was just way too hard to remember all the things he needed, like periods and capital letters. And then, it was almost impossible to think about how to spell words when he was busy trying to think about the story."

Tool Kit for Parents: Tips for Writing Tasks

Read Write Think

This site offers a great tip for helping your child write stories using a story board.

Help a Child Write a Story - Story Board Tip

Super Duper Handy Handouts

Super Duper Handy Handouts is a site that provides researched based information in the form of PDF's. This PDF will give you some great suggestions on fun things you can do at home to support and monitor your child's writing. There are also additional writing resource links at the bottom of the page.

Tips for Parents to Improve a Child's Writing Skills

Reading Rockets - Link 2

Get to know the four "anchors" of the Common Core writing standards and simple things you can do at home to help your child build skills in all of these areas.

How Parents can Support Common Core Writing Standards

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