Writing Activities and Games
Writing activities to help show your child the fun side of learning! From easy writing activities to more advanced, we've got you covered! Use the selector on the right to narrow your search for writing activities by grade.
Make Geometry Creatures!
Geometric shapes can often be tough to remember. But, with a little bit of art, imagination, and writing, practicing geometry can be silly fun!
Create a Recipe to Practice Writing
With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!
Make a Wish Box!
This holiday season, ask your child, and the rest of the family, to share their thoughts by writing one-sentence "Holiday Wishes". Your child will practice her sentence development, and may get a whole new appreciation of the holiday season!
Practice Capitalization with a Homemade Calendar
Making a calendar page with the name of the month, days of the week, and holidays is a fun way to see the month take shape. For third graders, it's a great way to identify those words that are always capitalized.
Write a "My Trip" Book!
As any writer will tell you, writing isn't work when it's all about an event that is important to you. Share the secret with your third grader, and end up with a lovely keepsake book when you're done.
Play the Santa "Clause" Game
Want to give your child some writing practice over the holidays? This activity will have your child matching Christmas clauses, and getting a slice of learning along with her figgy pudding!
Celebrate New Year's with a Time Capsule!
This New Year's, ask your third grader to reflect on the events of 2008, gather her cool stuff, and create a time capsule.
A Martin Luther King Day Project
Martin Luther King Day is a great excuse to show how just one person can make a difference in the world, and teach kids that they can be that person! This hands-on activity gets them brainstorming about what needs change in the world, and how they can help.
Make a Sequence Sandwich!
Want to help your child take a bite out of sequence? Here's a fun activity that will have him deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!
Story Starters: A Book Making Activity
Want to spark some creativity? Give your child some pictures for a story, then let his imagination run wild! Not only is this book-making activity quick and easy, but it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues. So get a stack of old magazines and get ...
