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.
Paint for Learning at "Sidewalk School"
Help your child practice new writing and math skills with a fun outdoor activity that will have your child teaching you! By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice essential first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."
Make a Grandparent History Book
Learning about a grandparent's past will not only strengthen family ties, it can be a great writing exercise, history lesson, and gift rolled into one! Here's how to interview, write about, and present a grandparent history book.
Create a Recyclable Creature
Want a fun activity to do with your child that uses recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skill practice? Have your child build his very own recycled creature!
Practice Stick Writing!
First graders will get a kick out of creating a written message and practicing their letters using sticks they find in nature. This also helps to practice their letter formation and handwriting strokes.
Write an Art-Inspired Poem
Create a poem that emerges from the collaboration of parent and teen in the activity of observing, discussing, reading, and writing!
Make an ABC Nature Book
Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Your child will be loving the outdoors while practicing her science, reading, and writing skills.
Play with Pasta...and Learn to Write
Pasta makes a great dinner, but it can also be used to teach kids proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll help your child become aware of the way letters should be formed-- all with a little pasta and glue.
Play Rainbow Bingo!
First graders need to be able to read color words quickly and accurately, without taking the time to sound them out. Here's a fun bingo game designed to give your first grader fun, colorful practice learning to recognize words like "red" and "purple."
Exercise the Alphabet Outside!
In kindergarten, children are expected to become masters of the alphabet. If your child is a mover and a shaker, there's no better way to practice alphabet skills than to get her outside, and exercise the alphabet!
Write a Backyard Field Guide
A great way to combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills is to have him create a field guide to the plants and animals he observes. Here's how to get started.
