Any tips for writing from a child's PoV? I want their age to be about eight, but it could be slightly younger or older depending on the tone I can pull off.
A writer is a world trapped in a person— Victor Hugo
Ink is blood. Paper is bandages. The wounded press books to their heart to know they're not alone.
Hmm, considering I have a nephew whose nine and a niece who is seven, I have difficulties making the young characters sound...young.
But I'll give you some hints--and hopefully I'm not rambling on about nothing:
Children are very curious and they ask a lot of questions. A lot. About anything and everything. They also get into things that they shouldn't. All the time.
Use simple words and thoughts like imapoemperson suggested. Children--because they're vocabulary isn't as large as ours--have a tendency to use small words and very bad grammar.
No great details. They may be curious and observant but they don't pay attention that much and they're easily distracted.
In the words of my sister--as I consulted her to help me answer this--
"Its the same as tellin a story from yer point of view. With a child its just smaller,basic words,no great details."
Hope I helped.
Meadow
Purple light in the canyon that is where I long to be With my three good companions just my rifle, pony and me --- "My Rifle My Pony and Me"
If you have a brother or sister that is younger than you, keep a notebook. Write down the things he or she says and other things like how they walk. I do this. It's a great memory keeper!
Hope this helps!
-Bee1995
There's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. Miss Potter
It can depend on who the kid spends a lot of time with. If they spend a lot of time with older people who don't talk down to them, they can use quite mature words and phrases. Especially the phrases; it's quite funny sometimes.
"TV makes sense. It has logic, structure, rules, and likeable leading men. In life, we have this. We have you." -Abed Nadir
Use similies and metaphors that relate to innocent things. A child so young has only a small amount of things he/she can comare life expeirences to. For example: Mom was yelling at dad as if he'd forgotten to brush his teeth AND fed the dog chocolate. I wouldn't want to have his punishment.
I agree with Twit-- my 8-year-old cousin uses pretty mature phrases and thoughts, just she says 'I brung the music' and stuff like that. They don't always know the technical stuff about grammar, but they aren't imbeciles-- I was eight not too long ago, lol.
As for grammar, I strongly encourage you not to purposefully use incorrect punctuation and spelling to get across an idea of youth. Really, this is one of my pet peeves-- if you want to make them seem young, use their actions and words to express that, and don't spell words in the narration wrong just to get across that effect. There are better ways.
And yes, observant in a really careless way. Younger kids tend to notice really important things but not quite process their implications. Also, they can often see the simplest things that adults and older kids miss.
Good luck!
"Let's eat, Grandma!" as opposed to "Let's eat Grandma!": punctuation saves lives.
I hope I've helped adn good luck!
They don't always know the technical stuff about grammar, but they aren't imbeciles-- I was eight not too long ago, lol. 
