Creative Journaling -- Six Tips for Kids (and Parents, too!) by Jill Schoenberg

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Creative Journaling -- Six Tips for Kids (and Parents, too!)
by Jill Schoenberg

Your child starts a journal with great enthusiasm, has all the intentions in the world of keeping at it, and, months later, you find the journal laying on the bookshelf covered in dust. Sound familiar? Creative journaling makes the journal writing process more enjoyable, fun and creative and can help you overcome some of the barriers that may be keeping your child from consistent--maybe even daily--journaling.

I believe that the number one barrier to regular journaling by kids is their preconceived notion of how to journal.

When presenting workshops on creative journaling, I often begin by asking the participants to describe to me what comes to mind when they envision themselves writing in a journal. The typical and common response I receive to my question goes something like this,

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Posted on: August 9,2007

Email: JillS@JournalBuddies.com
Website: http://www.JournalBuddies.com