Writing personal narratives isn’t as easy for kids as it might seem. So many kids can rattle off a hysterical story to their friends on the playground. But, when it comes to writing personal narratives, they freeze. They honestly have …
Good writers develop by writing often. These prompts were designed to help young writers think creatively, organize their ideas and finish their work in a short amount of time.
7 Strawberry Writing Prompts to Get Kids Excited About Writing
This post is going to outline 7 strawberry writing prompts for you to choose from. Each guided writing lesson covers a different genre and will surely get your kids chatting, laughing and writing. Your students may even want to combine …
Rapunzel–Step by Step Guided Writing Lesson and Easy Art Accent
In this writing lesson, Rapunzel gets to tell her perspective! *This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures here.* Kids enjoy a twist on a familiar story. For this writing lesson, the students write in 1st person …
Build an Easy 4-Tier Shelf With Your Kids!
In this post, kids build a 4 tier shelf. Then, they write their opinion about the process! This post includes two printable PDFs. The first PDF is of the building instructions. The second one is of the guided writing lesson. …
The African Savanna-Descriptive Writing
The African Savanna intrigues and interests almost every student that I work with. There are so many animals in the African Savanna that kids love, such as lions, elephants, cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, flamingos… *This post contains affiliate links. For more …
Non-Fiction Writing Lesson About an Animal that Kids Love
This non-fiction writing lesson about animals works great with any age! My year round students and own children know a lot about animals. Moreover, they often teach me about wonky ones that I’ve never heard of like the Axolotl. Gasp! …
Grumpy Grass–Fictional News Article
This lesson is a big hit if you show the students any one, or all, of the Green Grass Art Accents. It’s a fictional news article that involves grass. Additionally, it focuses on words that begin with the letters GR. …
Happy Writing With Your Kids! Weekly Lessons
WELCOME TO WEEKLY WRITING LESSONS! When I teach my year round writing camps, I give the SAME writing lesson to students ages 5-11 at the SAME TIME. You, the parent, can do the same at home with your multi-aged children …
Two Honey Bears-Compare and Contrast
What are Kinkajous? They certainly aren’t bears nor are they in the bear family. In fact, a kinkajou’s closest relative is the raccoon. In addition, they have carnassial teeth which are the same teeth that carnivores have. As a result, …
A Barn, Cows and Snow-Science Fiction
This is a great lesson for addressing farm life, practicing dialogue and writing Science Fiction. Image by hobbyboy from Pixabay It’s a fun lesson because ANYTHING can happen. Here’s the story line: It’s winter time. There’s a problem on the farm and the …