Preschool - 5th Grade Writing Process 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.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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.

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

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

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.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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.

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

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

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

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

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

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

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

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

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.