Encourage a Young Writer Day

Today’s Tiny Tales, Tomorrow’s Bestsellers!

Imagine If you will…
A tiny human, eyes wide as saucers, clutching a crayon like Excalibur. They scribble their first masterpiece. A stick-figure dragon, wielding a wooden spork,  battling a broccoli monster. And in that moment, the universe nods approvingly. “Well done, young bard,” it whispers. “You’ve just penned the prologue to your epic saga.”
Every year, on April 10th we celebrate the mighty minds of our future literary rockstars: it’s Encourage a Young Writer Day. Today we cheer on the next generation of storytellers, poets and chroniclers of epic adventures. Your child’s pen is a magic wand. Abracadabra, stories appear!
All stories started with scribbles! 

Warning:
May cause excessive daydreaming and sudden bursts of creativity.

The Origin of Encourage a Young Writer Day

We found one calendar site that credited the author and former teacher Barbara A. Lewis with the creation of this event in 1987. However, no sources were provided and we found no trace of this anywhere so far. Though this mention sounds plausible, we hesitate to pinpoint this creator and time as facts until further confirmation.
According to time specific searches on Google the first mention of Encourage a Young Writer Day was somewhere after 2005.
The most important point is, it exists and it’s a great opportunity to encourage children to write and watch ideas take flight like paper airplanes!

The Quest: Help Your Child Find Their Voice!

Forget the boring old “write a book report” routine. Start by fostering a supportive environment where kids feel free to let their imaginations roam free. Let them write like nobody’s judging!

• Reading Circle:
  Gather ’round the storytelling circle and let imaginations run wild as every kid spins their tale of adventure, mystery and magic. Encourage them to unleash their inner storytellers, add gestures and dramatic pauses. Bonus: Wear hats that fit the stories.
• Story Starters:
  Set up a cozy writing nook. Scatter quills, parchment and a jar of imaginary fireflies. Give the young bards a random word or visual and challenge them to weave a wild tale around it. From time-traveling hamsters to talking sandwiches, the only limit is their imagination!
• Poetry Power:
  Channel your inner Dr. Seuss and come up with some silly rhymes. Especially those where some words don’t actually rhyme precisely the way they should.
• Metaphor Marathon:
  Challenge your friends to a metaphor-off. “The microwave hums like a caffeinated bee hive!” or “Grandma’s knitting needles are ninja swords, silently weaving a cutting edge design.”
• Hyperbole Hurricane:
  Teach them the art of exaggeration. “My sandwich tastes like it’s doing triple somersaults in my taste buds!”, “My backpack weighs as much as a black hole.” Or “My pet rock looks like it has a PhD in existential philosophy.”
• The Quill Quest:
  Go on a quest to find the perfect writing instrument. Is it a quill dipped in unicorn tears? A keyboard that sparkles like fairy dust? Whatever it is, wield it like a Jedi with a word-count lightsaber.

Raise Your Pencils, Young Bards!

Here’s to a happy Encourage a Young Writer Day, filled with stories that’ll make even the Grinch crack a smile.
Now get out there and help your child write their own superhero story (because you can’t be their hero all the time). Writing is the new cool and it’s cheaper than therapy!
And if anyone questions the educational value of your cardboard spaceship launchpad, just tell them Wild Calendar sent you and invite them to join the merry band of young writers on their literary quest!
May your pens be mighty, your metaphors be wild and your stories shine bright like the North Star in a sky full of literary wonders!

Happy Encourage a Young Writer Day, fellow adventurers!