Preschool - 2nd Grade Writing Activities

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

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

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

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!

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.