Friday Freewrite: A Flash Drive for Your Imagination
Freewriting is that wonderful key that unlocks the writer within.
Today’s writing prompt:
You know how people create a backup for important computer files they don’t want to lose? If a flash drive for the mind’s imagination existed, what favorite memories would you store?
Bonus: pick one memory and retell it in more detail (psst: writing it down is a great way to keep a memory safe!).
Share your child’s freewrite in the comments if you’d like! (Or feel free to share your freewrite too!)
New to freewriting?
Freewriting is the vehicle by which we trick our inner selves into expressing the words and ideas that we want to share but are afraid won’t come out right on paper if we do. So, read the freewriting prompt, set the timer for 5-10 minutes then have your child write whatever comes to mind. We invite you to freewrite too, at the same time as your kids. Just keep the pencil moving until “ding”—when the timer rings!
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