What if the monster under the bed was just lonely and shy? Have some spooky fun with this writing prompt to challenge your point of view.

What if Cinderella's sisters stole her magical carriage and ended up in the desert! It's up to your creative writer to decide what happens next.

Put a fun spin on the typical "Dear Santa" letter. Your child must use persuasive language to convince Santa to bring her the presents she wants!

Working on figurative language skills? Assess student understanding of simple hyperboles with this writing exercise. Your kids will be hyperbole hotshots when they've finished this worksheet!

Students will use real nonfiction texts to search for transition words and then consider how they are used to connect ideas.

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

What if a pirate went head-to-head with a ninja? Your little writer will decide the ending to this wacky story prompt!

Little Easter Bunnies, get out your creative thinking caps and delve into this Easter writing prompt. Can you think up the best Easter egg hunt?

How cool would it be to have a pet dragon! Have fun with this "what if" writing prompt, and spin a fun story about the adventures you'd have.

A.J. and C.K.'s camping adventure is up to your fourth grade author in this comic strip-writing adventure!

Enlighten the holiday spirit in your beginning writer, and have her respond to this Christmas writing prompt about the holiday colors.

This printable game is a walk in the park! Get fired up for figurative language with this fun and creative metaphor game.

This story starter will help your child learn about story structure and plot. She'll read the beginning and the end, filling in the parts that are missing.

There's life on Mars! It's the Molten Martian! This curious character can be a springboard to a story by your 4th grader. Let him take off into his imagination.

This engaging worksheet is a fun way to introduce a playful form of figurative language to young writers.

What would happen if Megalodon and the Loch Ness Monster went head-to-head? Your budding writer can have fun narrating this epic battle!

Let your fourth grader dive into this fill-in-the-blank comic adventure of A.J. and C.K.

Mini musicians, get ready for a jukebox adventure back in time! Visit the Library of Congress Jukebox website to hear 5 classic melodies by famous composers.

Get creative with this Halloween writing exercise. Your child will write a brief paragraph on the topic provided. Think scary thoughts!

With this writing worksheet, challenge students to turn imaginary details into realistic details that could fit into a story.

Jump into a comic strip with this creative writing prompt. Tell a story about your life as a superhero!

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... flying baby? Your imaginative young writer can come up with a story for this unlikely superhero.

Hey, what's Kraken? Kraken are mythical sea creatures with terrifying tentacles. Tell your young writer to come up with a story for Captain Kraken.

Here's great exercise for writers of any age - building a character with supporting details! In this case, a vampire character.

Got a video game enthusiast on your hands? Give them a fun alternative with this creative writing sheet, where they'll get to make up their own video game!

Get in the spirit of Christmas with a writing prompt about your favorite Christmas gifts! Your child can use descriptive language to make a paragraph.

Put a little imagination into writing practice! Kids will imagine up a new animal species and write a descriptive paragraph about it.

Calculating caterpillars and capricious crayfish! Your child will be laughing as he learns some new vocabulary and practices using alliteration.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

Is your child "stuck" without a good story starter? Behold the Awful Epoxy, a sticky super villain.