Journals, Writing Topics, Prompts for Kids, Story Starters & More!
TweetCreative Writing Prompts for Kids–There’s no doubt about it—kids love adventures. Exploring, creating, and questioning are essential aspects of childhood, and you can promote these endeavors in your students through daily creative writing activities. To support a regular creative writing practice, we share four lists of prompts for kids. In the first creative writing prompt article we [...]
TweetWelcome Back for Even More Middle School Writing Prompt Ideas for Kids (Part 3/3) It’s so much fun in this exciting world of journal writing prompts because here you will find so many great ideas for middle school students to write about in their journals. Before we get on with our third list of middle [...]
TweetWelcome Back to the Exciting World of Middle School Writing Prompts (Part 2/3) It’s very fun in this exciting world of journal writing prompts because here you will find lots and lots of ideas for middle school students to write about in school (or at home). Before we get on with our second list of [...]
Tweet Creative Writing Ideas for Kids Spring in May— As the school year comes to a close, students get excited thinking about summer and all of the fun and relaxation ahead. The start of summer is also a great time to think about changes—the places students have been, the places they’re going, and all of [...]
TweetFor many kids, writing stories is a powerful and effective way of expressing their ideas and emotions. A story can take on many directions—it might be a mystery, a comedy, or a story with a happy ending. Students can get totally creative and make up fanciful lands, or they can ground their stories in a [...]
TweetMarch is Women’s History Month—and the perfect opportunity to get your students thinking about the roles of women in America and the ways in which women still struggle to gain equality. Between lessons on famous women and the feminist movement, ask students to write in their journals and to think critically about women’s rights. encourages [...]
TweetCreative writing sounds inherently as though it should be easy—after all, the word “creative” expresses a sense of freedom and possibility that other, more restrictive forms of writing don’t have. However, sometimes the lack of boundaries makes it even more difficult to begin writing. Kids are sometimes confused by assignments that don’t have many rules, [...]
TweetA Few Ways Writing Helps You— Whether it is for an essay assignment in school or creating reports at work, catchy ads to sell your products or scribbling in your very own diary at the end of the day to relax your mind and release stress, one cannot doubt that writing is everywhere! As important as [...]
Tweet6 Tips to Help You Teach Writing to Children— Writing is a very important part of a child’s education. What they learn as a child and how they learn it will stick with them throughout the rest of their lives. Writing is a way to communicate and it is involved in many different areas of our [...]
TweetFor many kids, writing stories is an immensely formative experience. Stories give kids a powerful outlet for creativity and also help them become more comfortable with their own thoughts and ideas. Students often are naturally drawn to stories and art projects when they begin school, as they are interested in the chance to use words [...]
