Summer is a great time to observe kids because they seem to be everywhere! In the parks, at the beach, in the mall, in the kids book section at libraries and bookstores, museums, theme parks and more. Use this time to gather information about how children act and react in different situations. It's fun and will help you develop characters for your books!
Recently we took our grandchildren to the amazing Aquarium of the Pacific. I watched my granddaughters and swarms of other kids react to the incredible sea life around us. I had the most fun watching two kinds of creatures---the show-off sea otters, and laughing, jumping, squealing children! My mental notebook is full of notes on how children express themselves when excited, disappointed, tired, happy, hungry---and how they react to a new discovery with so much excitement they almost burst! I saw little faces pressed up against giant glass aquariums. Their eyes looked like saucers and their mouths were usually open. My granddaughters gasped and yelled "Gramma! Look at this!" I saw that special sense of awe and wonder as they witnessed beautiful miracles of creation. They, as well as a stampede of other children, helped bring more of the "child" in me out that day.
Take advantage of summer when children seem to be everywhere. Observe and learn. Perhaps some of the "child" in YOU will reappear, and that can only make you a better writer!
c June 2010 Sheryl Crawford
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