Welcome your child into the wonderful world of imagination. Explore the outdoors and write about your experiences. Allow real-life explorations to carry children off to imaginary places all their own.  One idea of an outdoor adventure is going up into a treehouse. Changes in height are a lot of fun for kids. Whether it is a nature-made rock wall or man-made ladder, kids love going up! Notice how I used what was close by to springboard off into fictitious tree house possibilities.

       Writing about a treehouse opens up new vocabulary and climbing ideas. The context, of outdoor play, also makes a great environment for descriptive action words. Notice how I set up a clear beginning, middle, and end. The beginning of the story tells how I get up into the treehouse. The middle tells what happens while I am up there. The end of the story tells how I get down out of the treehouse.