Elementary School Writing Organization Activities

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

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

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

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.

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

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

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.