He wrote it all by himself
:::beaming with pride:::
(he will be in 1st grade next year)
Aw! That is so great! 
I’m trying to get him to write in his journal every day if possible over the summer to keep him reading and writing while he isn’t in school.
Cute kid!
Keep encouraging the writing-- so many kids are afraid to touch pen to paper, and it will really pay off in the future.
One of the highlights of my life was writing a little story in 2d grade (very low self-esteem) about a fat cat that ate everything and eventually the whole world, and a teacher liked it and had me re-copy it really large on this chunk of butcher paper, with pictures, and then put in up in a stairwell at school. I felt like a hero, momentarilly.
Oh, what wonderful teacher, capybara! I had a third grade teacher who used to ask me to write poems for her. Not for class, just because she said she liked them. It always made me feel good.
I had a teacher who read my poetry once, and then sent me to the school counselor :X
He’s obviously “sold out” — this story ends at such a natural place for a sequel.
ROFL!!!
Opal, that’s a terrific way to encourage his writing and reading. May I add him to my friends list? I’m a great proponent of writing, and I would be pleased to comment and encourage him myself.
I remember my daughter, when she was three or four, dictating a story about a puppy or a hamster, or some little furry animal, named Cucumber.
She’s a kick-ass writer now, at 17, so keep encouraging the boy!
Yes, please anyone who wants may add him to their friends list He LOVES getting responses to his journal.
Heh… I remember when I was around that age. I made up stories (complete with illustrations) about a family of goats that just happened to be part of a royal family. Picture crowns on top of a goat’s horns.
Great way to encourage your son in reading and writing, Opal. As long as he’s having fun with it, and the people around him keep telling him he can do it, then he’ll be happy. (as well as retaining those skills over the summer and into the new school year)
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What I love about him doing the livejournal as opposed to on paper is he gets (almost) instant gratification from other people giving him attention for what he wrote. I think that is a great incentive.
What I love about him doing the livejournal as opposed to on paper is he gets (almost) instant gratification from other people giving him attention for what he wrote. I think that is a great incentive.
When I was in grade school, like the 2nd or 3rd grade I wrote a story called “The Sleepyhead Bunny” and it was about the Easter Bunny sleeping in and missing Easter. It was published in the paper with all the other stories from the class but instead of putting my name they put Barbie (insert my last name here). Apparently when you write messy enough Bailie can turn into Barbie. :-\
Keep encouraging him, you never know what may come of it.
Okey-doke. He’s on my friend’s list.
And OF COURSE he loves getting responses to his journal. I do. Doesn’t everyone??!!
Cute… what is koking though? Colour me confused…
I think it might mean “cooking”.
Yes, cooking. He is learning to sound out words!
Keep encouraging the use of Inventive Spelling, Opal. It’s a much misunderstood, often unjustly maligned teaching tool.
Used correctly, though, it’s an effective and valid writing technique.
Just don’t ignore proper spelling… 
What a great forum, Opalcat, for your son to learn how to write! I only wish that there had been some kind of forum or outlet like this when I was a kid.
May his literary career strive to greater heights!