First Grade Composition Activities

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Here's a writing activity that helps first graders explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Invite your first grader to follow a African tradition by coming up with an explanatory African folktale and assembling a book to go along with it.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Encourage your first grader to uncover her imagination and storytelling skills by authoring her very own book.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

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