Hi
I have this assignment at school at the moment for my children’s literature class and we have to create and produce our own children’s picture book of around 25 – 30 pages. I am stuck for good ideas and would appreciate any constructive ideas very much.
Thank you all!
Heres a way on how to brainstorm them;
Steps
Think of a particular child you know.
Think of that child’s problem behaviors. Choose one.
Consider possible short-term negative outcomes resulting from the problem behavior.
In other words, think of something unpleasant that you can imagine happening because of the behavior – but nothing too traumatic. For instance, if the child insists on sleeping in his parents’ bed, maybe you imagine his friends no longer coming over because they feel he acts too babyish.
Now work backwards from the imagined outcome. For instance:
Your son’s friend stops coming over. Why?
Because your son no longer has his own room. Why?
Because Dad turned it into an office. Why?
Because bedrooms are for sleeping and your son is no longer sleeping in his!
Take the story arc you’ve just defined, add a beginning (start with a happy child unconcerned with the problem behavior), and an ending (in which the child chooses, as a result of the negative outcome, to self-correct the behavior), and you should have a complete story ready for writing!
Tips
If this was a project for home use, you can
1) illustrate the book yourself or 2) let your child illustrate so it’s a something you’ve created together. Put just enough text on each page to describe one colorful scene.
Additionally, since the book refers to an actual problem behavior, you might be able to use it as bibliotherapy for your child.
Or you can always have a hero story, or something with a revalation.
Like a monkey with super-powers that saves the day. NOT A GOOD IDEA.
i actually just made a book for my kids and it was about a night at nannys house where everything is a magical fairy tale etc etc cause nannys are pretty special just remember small things to you are big things to them for example tonight there was a bug crawling under my daughters chair and to her it was thrilling haha.
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Think of a funny or meaningful experience from your own childhood. Personalized stories are always best.
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Heres a way on how to brainstorm them;
Steps
Think of a particular child you know.
Think of that child’s problem behaviors. Choose one.
Consider possible short-term negative outcomes resulting from the problem behavior.
In other words, think of something unpleasant that you can imagine happening because of the behavior – but nothing too traumatic. For instance, if the child insists on sleeping in his parents’ bed, maybe you imagine his friends no longer coming over because they feel he acts too babyish.
Now work backwards from the imagined outcome. For instance:
Your son’s friend stops coming over. Why?
Because your son no longer has his own room. Why?
Because Dad turned it into an office. Why?
Because bedrooms are for sleeping and your son is no longer sleeping in his!
Take the story arc you’ve just defined, add a beginning (start with a happy child unconcerned with the problem behavior), and an ending (in which the child chooses, as a result of the negative outcome, to self-correct the behavior), and you should have a complete story ready for writing!
Tips
If this was a project for home use, you can
1) illustrate the book yourself or 2) let your child illustrate so it’s a something you’ve created together. Put just enough text on each page to describe one colorful scene.
Additionally, since the book refers to an actual problem behavior, you might be able to use it as bibliotherapy for your child.
Or you can always have a hero story, or something with a revalation.
Like a monkey with super-powers that saves the day. NOT A GOOD IDEA.
References :
I think a book about what mommies and daddies can do with their children as far as activities in the course of one day, starting with waking up and ending with a bedtime story, it will not only entertain the child it will also instruct the parent reading it to them, some constructive ideas, to be a better parent.
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3 kids with an insatiable thirst for doing things.
animals
weather
water
clothing / fabric / materials
cultures
rocks and minerals
food
friends
types of travel
play
things that have wheels
things that have fur
things that are yellow, blue, green, or (choose your color)
things that have stripes
things that fly…
different types of faces (happy, sad, angry, loving, friendly…)
the alphabet using people in history
the alphabet using famous events in history
the alphabet using geographic locations
the alphabet using the sky and astronomy (Atmosphere, Balloon, Callisto, D-, Europa, F-, Galileo, H-, Io, …)
numbers
the human body
sleeping and dreams and even nightmares
Welcome to Japan!
Travel to North America, South America…
Depends on your age group, of course, but all of these can be adapted to whatever age. Need more ideas?
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write the story from the view point of a dog or cat
or inanimate object.
"I am rover the family dog and I want to tell you how they treat me and what happened when the new baby came home…."
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