Writing Activities

You know that feeling when you just don’t feel like writing? Sometimes you can’t even get a word down on paper. It’s the most frustrating thing ever to a writer, especially when you’re working towards a deadline. The good news is that we have a list of 105 creative writing ...

Only 22% of students aged 8 to 11 years old write something daily outside of school (Source: Literacy Trust, 2018). To encourage more students to write for pleasure, we have created this list of 9 fun 3rd-grade writing activities for your students.  In the third grade, students are just beginning to ...

For most children who have never written a book review, they find it challenging at first because they do not know where to start or what is expected of them. Book reviews are very important because they help other children wanting to read it get an overview of what the ...

Everyone loves a good comic, whether you’re a comic book geek or just the casual reader of a comic in your local newspaper – Comic Strips are great! While some comic strips just take a few minutes or less to read, don’t underestimate the difficulty of creating one! And because ...

There’s something about fairy tales. No matter how many times you read, no matter how old you are or who you are – They never get boring and never go out of style! One of the things that makes fairy tales or myths fun is retelling them! Thinking, what if ...

Are you the bestest friend in the whole wide world? With International friendship day coming up (July 30th), it's time to show your friends how much they mean to you. And what better way to show your appreciation, then learning how to write a letter to your best friend. Whether ...

The Finish the story Game is a great way to encourage reluctant writers. Whether it’s down to laziness or just the lack of inspiration, these finish the story game prompts are a great source of inspiration. You can even take this fun activity one step further, by turning it into ...

When school’s out for summer, many children are happy to leave their books and pens behind. A carefree summer of playing, making friends and going on adventures are what many prefer.  While all those things are really important for child development and should be encouraged, it is also equally important ...

How many fairy tales can you list out? 5, 10, maybe 30? Throughout the ages, storytellers from around the world have created over hundreds of fairy tales. No one knows the exact number of fairy tales out there. We just know the popular ones, like Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, ...

When we think about some writing activities for kindergarten, for the children of the first grade or something similar, only one thing is essential. That is - to come up with some extraordinary and out of the box ideas. To make a child focus on some useful tasks like writing ...