Photo Rebus Stories

This was a hit at our house. We love reading rebus stories, and decided it was time to start making and writing our own. We will be doing this again and again.

Here is what you need to make your own photo rebus story:
photos of your child or children
poster
markers
glue stick
Tell your child you are going to write a story about him. My son told me the entire story. It was silly but it had a beginning, middle, and end and he came up with it all on his own! If you child can do that, but can't write yet, have them tell you the story and write it down as they tell it. It helps to have the stickers there so they can see what kind of characters or things might be part of their story.
Transfer it to the poster paper adding stickers, and photos of your child in the place of some of the words. When you have everything in place and glued down, you are now ready to read the story. Since it is a rebus story, even if your child can 't read yet, they can now join you in reading the story by following the pictures as you read along. My son loved "reading" his story over and over. This is a great activity to do for teaching and reinforcing early literacy skills. (We bought some $1 Christmas stickers today so we could make up a Christmas one!)
Hope you have some fun making up your own rebus stories with your child as the star of the story! :)