Preschool - 5th Grade Writing Organization Activities

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

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

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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

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.

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

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.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

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

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

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

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

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

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Help your kid make beautiful coin rubbings to decorate a fun treasure box.

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.