Preschool - 1st Grade Writing 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 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.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

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

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.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

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.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

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

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension 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!

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.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!