Self Esteem & Confidence Journal Prompt Ideas for Kids— Kids face consistent pressure from their friends and the media to look and act in particular ways. Though parents and teachers can’t take these pressures away, you can alleviate the damage by promoting confidence and high self esteem.

Journaling is one of the best ways to help kids develop their self esteem, as it encourages reflection, offers confidence, provides stability, and promotes creativity. When students journal, they become more aware of their own feelings and grow more comfortable expressing their ideas.

In these 52 new journal prompts, children are encouraged to reflect on the positive aspects of their lives. From identifying their greatest strengths to considering their goals, each journal prompt offers a motivating or inspiring idea for kids to consider. Students will think about the qualities they share with people they admire and the way they feel when they receive compliments.

 Journal Prompts to Build Kids Self Esteem and Confidence
52 Fun and Fabulous Writing Ideas

1. What is your greatest talent?

2. What is the best compliment you’ve ever received?

3. How do your parents encourage you to be more confident?

4. Write about a unique quality you have that makes you special.

5. Write down five things that define who you are, listing them as “I am ____,” statements. Take a few minutes to think about each one. Which quality feels the best?

6. Write about a time when you did something you were afraid to try. How did you feel afterward?

7. When you’re feeling confident, what emotions do you experience?

8. Write about a person you admire. What qualities do you have in common with this person?

9. What is your favorite thing to do? How do you feel when you work on this activity?

10. What does it feel like when someone recognizes something you worked hard to do?

11. What makes you feel like a strong person?

12. What do you do when you see a classmate struggling with something?

13. Of the people in your life, who makes you feel the most confident?

14. Name three qualities you love about yourself.

15. How do you think other people see you?

16. What is self esteem?

17. Why is it important to have high self esteem?

18. How do you know when you’ve succeeded at something?

19. Write a poem that describes the feeling of confidence.

20. What kinds of things hurt self esteem? How can you discourage these activities?

21. What is your greatest strength?

22. What is the greatest feeling you’ve ever had?

23. Why is it important to congratulate people who do well?

24. Write about your greatest success.

25. What do you see when you look in the mirror?

26. What does it mean to have confidence?

27. How do you think confidence relates to happiness?

28. How do you feel when you earn good grades?

29. Write about your favorite physical feature.

30. Write about your favorite intellectual quality.

31. When you want to feel more confident, what do you do?

32. What is your biggest goal? How will you achieve it?

33. Write about a time when you helped another person. How did you feel?

34. What makes you happy?

35. Make a list of ten things you’re good at doing. How do these things make you unique?

36. How can you help other people feel more confident?

37. How do you feel when you journal regularly?

38. What is it like to try something new?

39. Do you ever have trouble making decisions? How can you work to make choices more quickly and with more confidence?

40. Write about three things that make you happy. How can you spend more time on these things each day?

41. What is the bravest thing you’ve ever done?

42. Why is it important to have high self esteem?

43. Think of something that you would like to do better. How can you work to improve?

44. How do you feel when someone gives you a compliment?

45. What types of things make you feel confident?

46. Why is it important to spend time with people who appreciate your best qualities?

47. How do positive thoughts promote confidence?

48. What is something you have done well recently?

49. Write about a time when you made a great choice.

50. Do you spend time worrying about what other people think? How does this feel?

51. When do you feel proud of yourself?

52. Write about a time when you struggled with something new. What did you do to improve?

To promote confidence and higher self esteem in children, allow them to identify their best qualities through writing. As they reflect on their talents and successes, they’ll feel inspired and encouraged to go out and try new things!

Until next time, journal on…

“A fabulous self-esteem building journal for kids!”

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Confidence and Self Esteem: Four Tips for Parents and Caregivers

Promoting confidence and self esteem in your child is one of the most important things you can do for his or her happiness and success. Children with higher levels of confidence and self esteem are more likely to be satisfied with their abilities and to value themselves.

While there are plenty of ways to promote high self esteem and confidence in your child, journaling is an effective strategy that will serve your child throughout the rest of his or her life.

Check out the following four reasons that journaling can raise your child’s self esteem.

1. Journaling Encourages Reflection

Children have strong feelings and emotions about the events that take place in their lives, but they don’t always stop to reflect on them. Journaling gives kids a safe place to explore their ideas and experiences.

When students journal, they are encouraged to reflect on things that have happened to them and how those events made them feel. They can also develop new ideas and come to understand the reasoning behind their opinions. This process gives children greater confidence and promotes high self esteem, as kids begin to feel more comfortable expressing their thoughts and feelings.

2. Journaling Gives Your Child Confidence

In addition to exploring their ideas and feelings, journaling also gives children the chance to reflect on their own abilities. Journal prompts that are specifically designed to help kids identify and understand their strengths are a great way to promote confidence and self esteem in your child.

Though it is important to help your child understand where he or she can improve and learn more, it’s just as essential to help your child see his or her talents. Children who are aware of their good qualities have greater confidence that can transpire across all areas of their lives.

3. Journaling Provides Stability

Journaling provides kids with a regular practice and a feeling of stability. When children journal regularly, they become accustomed to the pattern and to the outlet that writing can provide.

By itself, keeping a regular journal and maintaining the commitment to write regularly throughout the week can be a major confidence-boosting accomplishment for your child. Best of all, when your child keeps the commitment, he or she will be exposed regularly to the benefits of journaling. Through regular reflection and the processing of feelings and emotions, your child will develop greater certainty in his or her feelings.

4. Journaling Promotes Creativity & Creative Expression

Finally, journaling promotes a strong sense of creativity that is difficult to find in some other types of activities. Journal prompts and the process of creative writing give your child a safe space to explore boundaries and to come up with new ideas. Imaginations run wild on the page, and through regular journaling, your child will develop a sense of deep comfort with creative expression.

When children feel comfortable expressing their ideas and coming up with new solutions, they experience higher confidence and greater self esteem. Through journaling, you can help your child see how special his or her thoughts really are.

Until next time, journal on…

“A sweet, self-esteem building journal for kids!”

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Mother’s Day Activities— Mother’s Day is Just a Week Away!

There are many Mother’s Day activities that teachers and students enjoy such as craft and gift making.  But, having your student create a special journal for their moms this Mother’s Day is a deeply meaningful and powerful activity for your students.

Journaling about Mother’s Day can help students to think beyond their love for their mothers and to start thinking about why mothers are so important.

As they write about the great times they share with their mothers and examine how their mothers show love, students can develop a new understanding of what it means to be a mother. Expressing these thoughts can help students to see their mothers from a new place. Writing also encourages students to express their thoughts to their mothers.

Here are my top 5 very favorite Mother’s day writing prompts for kids.  Enjoy!

Mother’s Day Activities:
5 Journal Prompt Ideas

Mother’s Day Journal Prompt Idea #1 –
My favorite memory of my mother is…

Mother’s Day Journal Prompt Idea #2 –
I can always count on my mom because…

Mother’s Day Journal Prompt Idea #3 –
If my mom had a superpower, it would be…

Mother’s Day Journal Prompt Idea #4 –
If you could give your mom anything in the world for
Mother’s Day, what would it be?

Mother’s Day Journal Prompt Idea #5 –
To show appreciation for my mom, I will…

(See a full listing of 53 Mother’s Day Writing Ideas for kids)

Of course, you may want to do multiple activities with your kids to honor Mother’s Day.  If so, here is a helpful list of links to more Mother’s Day Activities:

More Mother’s Day Activities

• Mother’s Day Printable Activities
• Mother’s Day Crafts, Cards, Worksheets and Activities
• A Collection of Activities for Mother’s Day
• Mother’s Day Games and Activities

Happy Mother’s Day to moms everywhere! And a very special birthday wish as well to my own sweet mother, whose birthday just so happens to fall EXACTLY on mother’s day this year. 

Until next time, journal on…

Very kindly,

Jill
Journal Buddies author and creator

The Journal Buddies experience
builds and strengthens the parent-child relationship.

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What is Self-Esteem— The word “self esteem” gets thrown around a lot by child experts and parenting magazines, but what is self esteem really all about?

You know that it’s important to cultivate high self esteem in your child, but doing so isn’t necessarily as easy as it sounds. In our modern world, where kids face more pressures and are inundated by the media and online communication, parents have to take proactive steps to teach their children about self esteem.

The following guide will help you understand what self esteem is and how you can promote the concept with your kids.

What is Self Esteem?

Self esteem measures the way you value yourself. The term reflects both positive and negative beliefs you hold about who you are and what you’re capable of doing. People with high self esteem tend to be confident, motivated, and happy with their own identities. However, people with low self esteem are often very critical of themselves and suffer from feelings of insignificance and guilt.

In children, self esteem is often influenced heavily by parents, teachers, friends, and peers. The amount of positive reinforcement and the number of criticisms a child receives from parents and teachers can impact his or her level of self esteem substantially. Bullying and peer pressure also affect a child’s self esteem greatly, as children may feel poorly about themselves and internalize the messages they receive.

The Importance of High Self Esteem

Studies have found a significant correlation between high self esteem and high self-reported happiness. Though researchers cannot be certain that high self esteem causes higher levels of happiness, they can say that people who value themselves and are confident in their abilities are more likely to be happy.

“People who experience high levels of self esteem also
tend to hold strong beliefs and to be more
certain of themselves in unfamiliar situations.”

High levels of happiness and confidence coupled with a self-assured nature can carry your child toward success as he or she gets older. While it’s important to equip your children with the skills and lessons that they will need to succeed in the world, it’s just as essential to cultivate a high sense of self esteem in them.

Promoting High Self Esteem in Your Children

Of course, promoting high self esteem in your children isn’t an easy task. Your children face pressures to look and act in certain ways from their friends, teachers, and the media. While these pressures have a strong influence on children, encouraging your children to love themselves as they are is one of the best things you can do to promote high self esteem.

Honor your child’s unique qualities, and praise your child for the things that he or she does well. When children feel loved and appreciated, they are more likely to grow confident and satisfied in their own abilities. While you still want to encourage your child to become even better and to learn more as he or she ages, it’s essential to help children see that they are worthy of love and happiness simply for being themselves.

Until next time, here’s to strong, healthy self-esteem in your children!

“A sweet, self-esteem building journal for kids!”

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Creative Writing Power— The following is a guest post written by Lucia Smith

During your school days, you may have come across the proverb, “The pen is mightier than the sword”. Do you know why this proverb is so powerful, especially for writers?

Well, pens enable you to express powerful words and emotions which might possibly lead to profound changes in others. There is no doubt, then, that a pen can prove mightier than a sword to mankind.

For example, will you ever forget names like William Shakespeare and John Keats? Probably not since they created indelible marks in people’s hearts with their extraordinary writing. You have drawn inspiration from these writers (or other famous writers you admire) and, by doing so, developed a passion for the craft of writing. So, isn’t it time you work toward acquiring your own mastery in creative writing?

What is Creative Writing?

Creative writing covers diverse genres including fiction such as short stories, novels, flash fiction etc, and also screenwriting, playwriting, poetry, and memoirs. Journalism, technical writing, literature and the like do not fall in the category of creative writing. They are completely different forms of writing.

There are many who have taken up creative writing as a hobby, while professional writers consider it a well-paying career choice. There are many personal and professional uses for writing of this type.

Creative Writing Courses

In several institutions and universities, degree courses in creative writing are offered. These courses are usually designed in a workshop format. The authors in such a course often share their write-ups with others for critiques, which are later incorporated into subsequent drafts. In fact, when taking a creative writing course one will be able to work on creative projects, take writing classes and work with creative professionals too! Sounds fun, right?

Creative Writing Tips

Below are some simple tips that you can use to help you excel in developing and refining your creative writing skill. (You may want to use these ideas to brush up your writing before taking a creative writing course.)

• Creative Writing Tip #1 – In your daily life, you come across different people. So, you can make a list of all those characters which you find interesting. You can also take note of special places, dates and all those aspects which you can use to create a plot. Form a story with them and start writing about them at once. If you wish, you can even write something about your hobbies, strengths, weaknesses.

• Creative Writing Tip #2 – Go to a restaurant that you love to visit. Take some time to watch each and every person around you. By doing so some new ideas can inspire your creative mind and you can come up with refreshing story ideas.

• Creative Writing Tip #3 – Try to write something new which people would love to know. Be willing to write innovatively so that your readers won’t find your chosen topic monotonous or boring to read.

So now you see how you can nurture your creative skills by producing such write-ups. If you wish, you can also enroll in a distance learning course in creative writing and acquire mastery. Good luck!!

 Guest post by Lucia Smith

Girls Self Esteem Journal

Little Falls, MINNESOTA—Ask a girl to list the stuff that she really likes about herself and she will likely list a few things. Ask her to list the stuff that she doesn’t like about herself and she just might need someone to stop her! On the other hand, she might not be sure how to answer either question.

A dynamic book titled Journal Buddies: A Girl’s Journal for Sharing and Celebrating Magnificence directly addresses this concern and is, in fact, a powerful and simple tool to help build the self-esteem and self-confidence of any girl.

Journal Buddies is part diary and part interactive journal and is an excellent tool for strengthening the self-esteem and self-confidence of any girl, age 8 – 12.

Unlike traditional diaries and journals, this is a journal that’s shared and that facilitates the development of positive relationships in the lives of girls. Because mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, teachers, religious members, mentors, or friends are powerful and positive role models in the lives of young girls, they all make excellent journaling buddies. Moreover, upon completion, Journal Buddies becomes a cherished keepsake that a girl can reflect upon time and again.

Journal Buddies is an innovative book that any girl would love to share with her family, mentors, or friends. Whether she picks one buddy, or a whole slew of them, they will share an unshakeable support system that will encourage each girl to cherish her wonderful self and her wonderful support system. What better way to celebrate magnificence than through the wisdom and laughter of your most loved family members, mentors, and friends?

About the Author:

Jill Schoenberg was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Minnesota, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Youth Studies and Sociology. Her professional experience includes more than six years of working directly with young people—helping them to understand and strengthen their self-esteem, creative talents, and life-skills. Jill is an avid book reader and journal writer. She currently lives in central Minnesota.

For more information or to set up an interview with the author please contact Jill Schoenberg.

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“A sweet, simple journal for kids!”

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Writing Prompts—A writing prompt can be found anywhere. It can be found in a dictionary, TV ad, newspaper, magazine, picture or on the Internet.

Writing prompts are often used by kids (and adults too!) who keep a journal or write creatively. Of course, many writers enjoy using a good writing prompt when they begin a new writing project. Prompts are the fuel many writers need to get the creative juices flowing.

Writing prompts are unique, fun or inspiring words, thoughts or pictures that help the writer formulate ideas. The prompts could be in the form of a single word, a phrase, a sentence or a paragraph. They could also be an image or a picture that invoke new and engaging thoughts to write about in a story or in a journal.

The benefit of writing prompts is that
they assist writers in the creative
process of generating a focus, theme
or topic for their writing endeavors.

Consider this: Just one word has the power to spark new ideas to explore in writing. Thereafter, the writer can formulate a few sentences from a word and eventually create paragraphs, an entire story and possibly a novel!

A wonderful example of a single-word writing prompt is “star”.  From this fabulous word many ideas can be thought of and written about by writers of any age.  One writer may choose to explore what it means to wish upon a star and have that wish come true instantly.  Another writer may be inspired to write about star dust streaking across the cosmos at stellar light speed. Yet another write may get the notion to write about movie stars or music stars and why they want to be one one day. Truly, the writing ideas that may be generated from a single word are endless.

 Purposes of Writing Prompts

The first purpose of writing prompts is that they give the writer an idea to expound upon. Some writers, when given a blank page, are at a loss as to what to write. Their minds may go blank and they may even experience writer’s block. With a writing prompt in the form of a word or a phrase, the writer’s creative mind engages and her creative wheels begin to spin, so to speak.

Another fabulous purpose for writing prompts is that a writer may create some really great material. Imagine an idea that started with a word or a phrase but in the end becomes a masterpiece. This is entirely possible! With good writing prompts, a writer’s mind flows with ideas, and many people find it amazing how much inspiration writing prompts produce.

A third purpose to writing prompts is that they support the habit of exploring new ideas in one’s writing. This exploration of new thoughts and ideas becomes a sort of exercise. It flexes one’s writing muscles and develops their writing skills.

There are also many writing groups, creative writing classes and English teachers out there that use writing prompts. Teachers use them as a means to inspire and motivate writers by exposing them to ideas that they may never think of if left to their own devices. Many websites (including this one) exist that give ideas for writing prompts.  We suggest you explore them.  You’ll be glad you did.

Happy writing…

“A sweet, simple shared journal that’s
packed full of fabulous ideas and help for kid writers!”

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Vintage Vinyl Journals

Notebook Journal — When a new, exciting journaling product is brought to my attention, I jump for joy. Well let me tell you, I did cartwheels over my recent discovery!

These new-to-me notebook journals called Vintage Vinyl Journals are simply fabulous.  They are so unique and creative because they are made entirely from vinyl albums, making them perfect for music lovers of all ages.

But it gets even better!

Each notebook journal is hand-crafted and made of acid-free high quality unlined recycled pages. PLUS these cool journals are eco-friendly because they are made of reclaimed vinyl records that are damaged and unusable, which keeps them from ending up in landfills.

For music lovers and journal lovers as well as lovers of creative, handmade items, I think that these vintage vinyl journals are one the greatest journaling gift ideas on earth.

Read on to learn more about this fabulous notebook journal company and the creative inspiration who made her journalng dreams a reality!

A Notebook Journal as Inspiring as the Music:
Vintage Vinyl Journals: Unique notebooks for all music lovers.

So maybe you don’t own a record player anymore, but thanks to one creative music lover, you now have an eco- friendly way for you to enjoy your favorite albums.

It all began when Katie Pietrak, a music enthusiast and craft hobbyist, was organizing her own record collection one afternoon – a collection of several thousand albums she started amassing when she was 15. Something clicked while she was admiring the shiny black vinyl, the colorful circular labels and the vintage album art. Why not take these beautiful albums and make them into notebooks?

Inspired by the idea of creating something truly unique, Pietrak, who has an MBA from St. Joseph’s University and spent her career in the corporate world, decided to move back to her family’s home in Telford, PA. With the support of her family and her boyfriend, an avid writer, she launched Vintage Vinyl Journals in the spring of 2011.

“I created the journals as a new way to repurpose and reuse the vinyl albums I have been collecting for years,” Pietrak says. “It’s a great way for me to remember the music I love and still listen to. I love to doodle and write and making these journals marries two of my favorite interests.”

Today she has a healthy e-commerce web site and hundreds of journals available for purchase crossing several genres. Whether you bopped to the Beach Boys, hustled to the Bee Gees, rocked with Led Zeppelin or moshed to Nirvana, there is a journal on her site waiting for you. She accepts custom requests as well, and has recently created journals using records by Katy Perry, Bon Iver, Radiohead, The White Stripes and Taylor Swift.

Pietrak takes customer feedback to heart, and is thrilled to have received very positive reviews. “From day one we have had a lot of interest and customers are even going a little ‘vintage’ with their feedback,” she says. “We’ve heard, ‘they are really neato’ to ‘tres cool’ to ‘awesome!’”

The company unites all of Pietrak’s passions with her organization and business skills. The journals are truly works of art, handcrafted using the authentic record itself on the front, which is cut into a square so the label is in the center. Pietrak says most of the albums she uses are scratched or damaged and since they can’t be played anymore, they would otherwise be trashed. For the back and to reinforce the book, Pietrak uses a section of the album cover making each album truly unique. Inside are 240 acid-free high quality unlined recycled pages. The paper is thick and toothy, making it a pleasure to write on.

“We have great interest and pride in our journals,” Pietrak says. “We hope others enjoy writing in them as much as we enjoy making them.”

By Jennifer Raphael — A Philadelphia-based freelance copywriter with almost
two decades of communications, copywriting and public relations experience.
She has been an avid journaler since 1984.

Until next time, journal on…

Very kindly,

Jill

“A sweet, simple journal for kids!”

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Journaling and Exploring Dreams — Exploring our dreams, fantasies, and ambitions through journaling has a positive effect on our self-esteem and confidence.

Our dreams and fantasies can tell us a lot about ourselves and also help us develop our ambitions. And our ambitions lead us to setting goals and accomplishing them.

Dreams are a sequence of images, and sometimes sounds, we experience when we are sleeping. Sleep dreams generally have an emotional basis to them.

Sometimes dreams appear for no apparent reason, while other dreams are our brain’s way of processing real time events of our life experiences, especially those that are highly emotional.

A child can sometimes use their dreams as a tool for their personal development and problem solving. That is, if your pre- teen pays attention to them by writing them in their journals. The more detailed your preteen can be when writing out their dreams the more insight they might gain. Another type of dream that can be a useful to write in our journals is our day dreams.

We may not understand them at first but if they are noted down in our journals we can go back and interpret them later and maybe gain some insight. Unlocking another piece of the puzzle of ourselves in this way increases our confidence.

We generally use fantasies to escape reality for one reason or another. Your child might fantasize about being the best football player, the best singer or a fireman. Everyone fantasizes about something. It’s something the human being does and is one reason — really a resource — why we have advanced so much.

Fantasies help us imagine the unimaginable. They help us reach beyond ourselves and think of the possibilities. Our dreams are often unimpeded by doubts and detractors, so they give us the confidence to go for what we dream.

Both dreams and fantasies, as you might conclude, are what, in part, inspire our ambitions. And it’s our ambitions that lead us to setting goals for our life. Now, aside from the development of our ambitions, dream journaling, as some would call it, can be a fun and insightful way to get to know more about ourselves. It’s another resource for defining who we are. The pre-teen who is interested in getting to know themselves more should record both their dreams and fantasies in their journal. Clarity of oneself will affect one’s self-esteem and confidence in a positive way.

We already know that our dreams and fantasies help us create our ambitions. Our ambitions are our desire to have some object, possession, or anything else that the obtainment of moves us forward and toward it in our life journey. More specifically speaking, ambition is a strong desire. It’s strong enough to move us into some form of action. If it’s not strong enough to move you into some form of action then the ambition remains a dream or fantasy.

Your tween’s ambitions can be almost anything they might imagine. The important thing is to encourage them to write about them in their journals and track their growth and development wherever they may go. It’s not about realizing the fruition of those ambitions, but more about your pre-teen defining themselves and the direction they want their lives to go.

This is where your child will receive positive effects on their confidence and self-esteem, and have a positive relationship with themselves, feeling they have the power to guide their futures.

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Journal Buddies Award-Winning, Self Esteem Building Books
are Available from Amazon.com.

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Creative Writing Activities—  It is important to provide creative writing activities when teaching students about this fun writing genre.

All good teachers know it is very unlikely that a blank paper will do very much to inspire a student to write. Therefore, something must be done to help children jump-start their creative juices and get them flowing.

Wonderfully, creative writing activities serve as building blocks that help students not only improve their writing skills but also develop a love of expressing their unique creative writing skills!

Creative Writing Activities | 6 Fun Ideas

Story Maps

One creative writing activity is to give the students a story map. This is a graphic organizer that includes the important elements of a story such as characters, setting, conflict, event, solution to the conflict and the ending.

A story map is a great tool to help kids give the sequence or outline of their story before they begin the actual writing of it. Students must fill the necessary details into the graphic organizer in order to generate their creative story concept.  Story maps may be created on paper, or a story map could be created online.

Group Writing

Another fun creative writing activity that students can do is to separate into small groups of four or five. Each group is given a paper and pencil. The teacher then gives the opening sentence of a story. When the teacher gives the go signal, each member consecutively adds a sentence to the paper. The goal is for the students to use their creative minds and formulate stories on their own all while having fun with their group.

Reading

It is important to read to those whom we teach. Unfortunately, this activity is often used with younger students only. That’s a shame because students of all ages are able to hear how good a creative story sounds — and experience how it affects their minds — when it is read out loud.

Challenge your students (especially the older ones) to read their original creative writing pieces out loud to each other. Take this activity a step further and have the kids read their final projects out loud in front of the class. There are sure to be some surprises for all with this activity!

Poetry

One of the best creative writing activities is to write poems with kids. The poems need not be long.  Beginners will improve their creative writings skills through learning how to write poems.

Students can start with one to two verses at first and may choose to have their poems rhyme if they so desire. To help motivate kids, it is helpful if the teacher writes and/or shares various styles of poetry with the class.  Sharing in this way will aid and guide children on how to create their own poetry.  Encourage students to write more verses to hone and further develop their poetry writing skills.

Letter Writing

Teachers should also encourage students to write letters and notes. With the advent of texting, and the shorthand that goes along with it, it has become more important than ever for teachers to instruct students on the art and style of letter-writing.

Encourage kids to write letters to their classmates, family, friends, or to their own selves.  Add a creative writing angle to this activity by encouraging fictional letters, or letters from their future self or about their wildest dreams. Teach letter writing basics, and then combine creative imagination to give this activity some extra flare and intrigue!

Fairy Tales

Students may also be encouraged to discuss among themselves a certain fairy tale. During the discussion they may want to share their opinions on the characters in the story.

Make this activity even more creative and encourage kids to retell the story from a different point of view. For example, one student can talk about Snow White from the point of view of the dwarf while another one can discuss the story from the point of view of the Wicked Queen.

Creative writing needs concentration, yes, but it also needs fun and inspiration. Students may be hesitant at first to participate in some of these creative writing activities, but if they are encouraged to join in there is no doubt that their creative juices will flow!

Be sure to motivate all students with fun writing activities and a safe, creative environment. Ensure also that they know there are no wrong answers when exploring their own creative writing abilities.

Hopefully these creative writing activities will help kids release their own hidden talents or harness their skills.

Until next time, write on…

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Journal Buddies encourages creative writing in boys and girls.