Preschool - 5th Grade Writing Activities

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

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

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

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

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

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

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

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

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.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

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.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

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

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

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

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

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

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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