Holidays Common Core Writing Strategies Resources

This Christmas writing prompt gets your child to think about what it's like to have Santa's job. Try this Christmas writing prompt with your young writer.

Keep creativity alive this winter break with a creative writing prompt, inspired by the spirit of Christmas giving!

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.

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

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!

Do Christmas angels play hockey? Use your imagination to elaborate on this wacky winter scene!

Fall is the perfect time to let your child’s imagination go wild as they design and write about their very own pumpkin person. This worksheet provides a great way to gets kids excited about both Halloween and creative writing!

Did you know that kids all over the globe know of the boogeyman? This cautionary tale is told in almost every country!

Polish your writing skills with this spooky Halloween writing exercise! Your child will use his imagination to build a scary story from this prompt.

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.

This Easter writing prompt will get your child to think about Easter traditions and then order his thoughts by practicing structured composition.

In this creative writing Halloween prompt, young writers will use their imaginations to dream up their very own Halloween potion.

"Nessie" may be the world's most famous unseen sea creature! Try seeing things from her point of view with this fun writing prompt.

Get into the spirit of Halloween, and write about your scariest experience! This writing prompt is a fun way to build grammar and vocabulary skills.

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

Spin a spooky tale with a creative writing card game, perfect for a dark and creepy Halloween night around the campfire.

This Halloween story starter will help your child polish grammar, handwriting and spelling skills. Get into the spooky spirit with a Halloween story starter!

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?

Celebrate the spirit of Halloween, and share a spooky story! With this creative writing exercise, your child will describe his costume and what inspired it.

Imagine if Count Dracula had an advice column! What kinds of zany advice would he give out?