Writing Wrongs

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Want to encourage your child to write? Approach your child's school or the local ymca about getting a class going. Check websites of national groups like the Writer's Voice to see what's in your area. Start a kids' writing group with other parents. When at home, read to your children--good readers make good writers. Encourage kids to write every day: letters to grandparents, haikus about their favorite dessert. Suggest they keep a journal and lead by example--let them see you writing notes and keeping a journal. Don't be critical of their efforts. The most important thing you can do overall is teach them to love language.

Schools like this one in Portland invite writers to visit, not just to raise SAT scores