Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Writing Activities

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

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

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.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

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

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

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

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

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

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.