*Read a story. Ask the children a comprehension question and write down the response. Then ask the child to draw a picture illustrating his/her response. Copy the cover of the book on one side of the paper and allow the child to draw on the other.
*Take a picture of the child doing something in the classroom. Ask him/her to dictate what he/she was doing.
*Copy an action picture (or comic) onto a sheet of paper. Ask the child to dictate a story to go along with the picture.
*Choose your own ending: Begin reading a story aloud to your child. Then just before the end of the story, stop reading and tell your child that she is going to create her own ending for the story. Provide an example by adding another sentence to the last one you read. Then invite your child to continue telling the story so that it concludes any way she likes.
*Cover ideas:
1. Letter stamps: sponge letter paint stampers with paint or letter stampers and an ink pad
2. Letter stickers: both upper- and lowercase
3. Pre-cut letters: kids find, arrange in order, glue to page