Ideas to get your child creating with Wriddle
Wriddle gives young children digital tools that let them draw a picture, write text and record their voice.
Use these 7 activities to make device time creative and meaningful.
1. My Family, My World
Have your child use Wriddle's drawing tools to paint a picture of the people (and pets) in their family. Use the microphone to have them name each family member or retell a story about a family experience. Encourage emerging writers to use the pencil to name and label the picture or type a sentence.
✅ Skills: Early social awareness, vocabulary, and self-expression
Parent Connection: Ask “Who is in your picture?” or better yet, state what you see, such as, "That looks like X, because of X." You don't have to be correct, simply use words to state what you see to help them learn to use words to describe details in pictures.
2. Counting Creations
Challenge your child to use Wriddle's drawing tools to paint 3 (or 4 or 7) objects on a page. Work together to point at each object and record your child counting however many they see.
✅ Skills: Counting, number sense, and fine motor control
Parent Connection: Rather than asking your child to draw multiple objects and directing their work on Wriddle, ask them to count when they have already drawn multiple objects on a page. Then, say something like, "That's a lot of things, I wonder how many there are?" and see if your child will count with you.
3. Show & Tell Time
Talking about favorites is a great way to encourage oral language. If your child draws their favorite toy or object, encourage them to try to write the name (phonetic or inventive spelling should be encouraged!). Use the microphone to capture your child saying the object’s name and a fun fact about it. (e.g., “This is my bear. He’s soft!”).
✅ Skills: Object recognition, description, and early storytelling
Parent Connection: Parents can ask questions like, “Why do you love this toy?” or “Where did you get it?” or better yet, restate an experience with the object, like "I remember you saw that at grandma's" to encourage further oral retelling.
4. Birthday Greetings
Show your child a birthday card you have received. Then, work with your child to make a digital one you can send to family, friends, or neighbors. Your child can of course draw a balloon or cake, but really any picture will do. Be sure to use the microphone to record a voice message (the best part)!
✅ Skills: Social-emotional learning, creativity, and communication
Parent Connection: Copy the URL to the file and send via text or email for a sweet surprise.
5. Remember When
After visiting the park or zoo or grandparents house, have your child use Wriddle's drawing tools to create an image of the experience. Use the microphone to capture them talking about what they did (e.g., “I went to the park!”).
✅ Skills: Memory recall, storytelling, and expressive language
Parent connection: Type out their description using the text box at the top. Encourage them to do their best to add words or labels to the picture.
6. How do I feel?
As you identify emotions in our child, talk about things that make you feel a certain way (e.g. "I am always happy when I eat ice cream"). Then, when your child shows an easily identifiable emotion, ask them to draw what it looks like and explain.
✅ Skills: Emotion recognition, self-awareness, and communication
Parent connection: To help your child learn to recognize emotions, make faces of happy, sad, or angry. Be silly so you remove pressure and make exploring emotions a playful experience.
7. Artist's Choice
If we want our children to build creativity and self-expression, we need to take a back seat. As they gain skills and confidence, encourage time on Wriddle where you aren't continuously present or supervising. Then, when you do connect, encourage your child to talk about what they have created.
✅ Skills: Independent creativity, decision-making, and fine motor skills
Parent connection: Again, do your best to move away from questions and make statements (not opinions!) about what you see and then wait to see if and how your child responds. If they don't respond, don't worry, the art and experience belong to them.
No matter what activity your child chooses, Wriddle time can be a fun, meaningful bonding moment that also helps connect your child's drawings to language and encourage creativity, social-emotional learning, and early literacy.
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