I can’t believe you just posted this. My 9 year old son Jackson is super resistant to writing. It is a constant struggle. Lily, who is 7, loves to write and draw. Jackson enjoys reading but it’s mostly sports magazines or books. Getting him to do anything beyond his homework is like pulling teeth. We told him that his writing/printing needs to improve. In an effort to improve his skills he’s writing to family back east but we are looking for penpals in or around his age. Where did your sons find their pen friends? Would they like another? It is such a struggle with all of todays technology. I’m going to try and find the Q & A for Jack too.
What a fab idea. I love the look of that journal.
Your boys must be very neat writers. I would love Snaffles to write to someone but I am not convinced it would be readable by anyone other than me.
I agree, so important to promote reading and writing. I’m going to purchase one of those journals!
Great post, thanks for sharing those ideas. I have throughly enjoyed watching, and helping my eldest learn to read, but writing is proving harder. Like you said there are so many electronics in his life that writing isn’t something that happens unless we make a special time to do it.
Have seen the adult Q&A but not the childrens one, this is a great way of encouraging the children to write.
Good ideas! Thank you for sharing. I used to have several penpals as a child and I’m sure my 6 year old daughter would love to receive letters and postcards. It would also be a welcome distraction from electronics/screens. I like the look of the Q & A book too. Where do you find penpals these days though?
I still hold memories of myself enjoying how fresh ink scratched the paper as I wrote all my birthday party thank-you notes nearly seven years ago, stroke by stroke, card by card. I even cherished the act of placing them into crisp white envelopes, sealed with love and gratitude.