Fun writing activities

Ten fun writing activities for kids of all ages. Low pressure, creative ideas to help students practice their skills and get writing!

Click through to the blog for 15+ epic writing games kids will love! Writing games make practicing writing feel fun rather than like a chore! These prompts and games will motivate even kids who don't enjoy writing! These games will teach you how to make kids love writing. Everything you need to know is inside!

Get kids writing with our 30 day challenge. The free printable invites children to write a variety of text types with 30 writing prompts. For home or school.

Does your child get anxious as they start a writing assignment when they're staring at a blank sheet of paper? StoryBuilders is a wonderful tool for answering the question most homeschool moms have heard, "what

Create a classroom of writers with these fun writing activities for middle school students! There's something for everyone!

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Discover fresh, fun, new writing games and use them to help students improve their writing skills while also enjoying themselves!

Do your students grumble when it’s time to practice writing? Is getting them to write an essay about as much fun as getting grapefruit juice in your eye? Maybe it’s time to try some fun writing activities instead. Here are 10 of our favorite writing activities for kids. Each activity is labeled with suggested grade levels (kindergarten to grade 12) and has step-by-step instructions on how to implement it. You'll also find tips for helping kids improve creative writing skills in each area.

Journaling is a fun & low-pressure way to ease into writing. With that in mind, we’ve created 75 elementary writing prompts to help your students begin writing!

This is a great writing exercise to practice writing a narrative. Keywords and drawings are given.

2nd Grade Writing Worksheets are a great way to get children thinking in a communicative way. When we communicate we tell a story. Much of our communication is an expression of action, emotion, direction and of course the details. In order to reach others, we typically use words. And written words are so very important. […]

How many times have you tried creative writing with your child or student, but wound up looking for where they were hiding? It's not because they hate learning, and it definitely isn't because your kid is dull. Sometimes, kids just need a little incentive. No, we’re not talking about candies and ice cream. They’ll lik

150+ fun, creative and thoughtful 4th grade writing prompts to encourage children to express their thoughts and feelings.

The Sentence Game Let’s face it, writing is hard. It takes lots and lots of practice to master the many skills a writer needs. But practice can be boring. Not now! I’ve created a sentence writing game your kids will love. With this game they’ll write sentence after sentence without complaining, because it’s a game. It’s very simple, but practices very essential skills- capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling. The game can be played with 2 or more players. There’s even a way to…

Use low-prep writing crafts to get students excited about writing and showcase everything they have learned.

creative writing games to play

We are finally turning a huge corner in our homeschool when it comes to writing! This year, my 1st and 2nd grader (pretty equal in their writing abilities) are starting to write more on their own. I'm excited to share some creative writing project ideas we've been doing that don't feel like school! They've actually

You're in the middle of your writing block during the day and students are sitting at their desks (maybe on the floor or in bean bags dispersed throughout the room) writing. Smoke is coming out of their pencils. They are writing epic stories about dragons, or spaceships -- or something equally as epic. This is your classroom every day, right? (Not) "I don't know what to write about!" (now that's more like it!) At least that's what *I* used to hear a lot. Well, no more. Give even those most…