Diaries are a great way for children to express themselves, develop their writing skills, and record their thoughts. They can also be a way for parents to get insight into how their children are feeling.

There are certain guidelines and diary writing formats that parents should follow when they decide to start writing a diary for their child. Here is a list of some of the things they should keep in mind while writing:

1. Have the child write about something that happened during the day
2. Make sure that you write down your child’s thoughts and feelings in the diary
3. Be mindful of what you write so that your child doesn’t feel judged or shamed
4. Write in an encouraging tone so that your child feels empowered by what he or she has written.

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How Diary Writing Improves Reading and Writing Skills of kids?

When you introduce your kid to the outside world by sending them to a play school or a primary school the first two things, they learn to focus on are –

• How to read &

• How to write

These two habits are basically enough to count a person in a “literate category.”

The play group age usually starts when a child is between the age of 3-7 years. At this point all they want is to eat, play, sleep and that’s how it is for a child that young.

This is probably the most carefree age and a child deserves to enjoy this at its fullest. Parents are usually concerned a lot for their children to grow academically as they start their school. They start worrying about their grades and etc. and no one can blame them like any other parent. They want their child to be the best among all, to fit in the standards of the so

• Make a separate diary for your child preferably a one with some graphics or their favorite cartoon character, anything which attracts his attention.
• Tell your child the importance of writing a diary and why you write it, how he can develop a better handwriting etc with the help of the same.
• Create a suspenseful environment for them, something they look forward to having in their day, like setting a time that they will only be getting their diary once or twice in 24 hours for a particular time period so that they are intrigued to know what you wrote in that now.ciety.

Considering the age of the children they don’t deserve to be under the pressure of proving themselves as the best, however they can still stand out from the crowd without the pressure.

Turn your child’s needs into their wants.

Help them develop the habits which doesn’t only help them in their academics but also enjoy the process of learning. You can inbuilt this thing in your child and it’s not even that hard. All you need to do is, instead of presenting the habits of reading and writing as a learning process to your child, present them as playful activities.

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How To Develop Diary Writing Habits in Kids?

Starting with writing for yourself – If you don’t write your diary on a regular basis then how could you tell your child to do so.

A busy schedule is understandable but how difficult can it be to take out 10 minutes from your day to write down a page or two?

Sounds doable right?

Then get yourself a Diary/Notebook and start journaling.

What to write in a diary?

If you’re wondering, what will you write down in a diary on daily basis then it is not a matter of concern because you can literally write anything and everything for example:

• If you’re writing a diary in the morning, you can create a to-do list for that particular day, this won’t only help you improve your writing but will keep you motivated throughout the day to accomplish the tasks you wrote in the morning.
• If you are writing a diary at the end of the day then you can write whatever you did in your day.
• Apart from that you can try writing some poetries, short stories or your own thoughts whatever interests you.
• If you cannot make extra time for reading you can always read your diary. It won’t take more than 2 minutes to do that.

I am sure you must be wondering how your writing is going to help your kids?

Have you ever wondered how your child learnt to speak and communicate in your language?

They basically saw you doing that and caught the words and the language from you. And now it’s in their habit. So that’s exactly how this drill works. Your children see, understand, adapt, implement.

Now it’s up to you how you want to shape your children’s lifestyle.

Now that you have successfully developed a habit you want to pass on to your kids it’s now time to help your children with the same. How? It’s simple now you can write a diary for your kid as well.

Diary writing Tips for Kids

• Use easy, small and understandable words and phrases in the beginning.
• Write about topics your child is interested in like stories, cartoons, to-do list, and hints about what they’re going to get on their next birthday.
• Use some drawings and graphics in between the content.
• Play pen and paper games with them in the same diary.
• Give them a topic to write an essay on.
• And sometimes just ask them to write down whatever they did in their day.
• Ask them to write about their choices, friends or whatever.

Just make sure that they write their diary on a daily basis.

Here are a few diary writing topics for your kid

• A to-do list for the day.
• About some particular topics like environmental safety, etc.
• Journaling; whatever is going on in their life, what they wish to learn, what they did in their day.
• Favorite subjects; why they like that particular subject.
• Their new friends.
• What they wish to learn in their vacations.
• Their favorite show, cartoon characters.
• Small essays.
• A story you told them last night; how did they like it?

Benefits of diary writing in Kids

• Your child develops a healthy habit
• Handwriting improvement.
• A great way to communicate with your child.
• Understand your child’s thoughts
• Improves verbal, writing and reading communication and many more.

It’s a habit which harms no one and has uncountable benefits. You have everything covered in this piece about how, when and what to write in a diary, all you need to do is to implement it now 🙂