Valentine’s Day writing activities
When all else fails, you can usually extract some decent writing from your children when it centers on a holiday theme of some sort. With Valentine’s Day just around the...
Posted 8 days ago
Freewriting exercise: The Writing Well
When students have a deep “well” of words and ideas from which to draw, their compositions become more vivid and concrete. Freewriting helps!
Posted 29 days ago
8 kid-friendly writing warm-ups that spark creative writing
The toughest part of writing is often getting started. Jump that hurdle with these kid-friendly warm-ups!
Posted September 12, 2016
Road trip activities that boost writing skills
Boost writing skills from the backseat without even using a pencil with these hilarious road trip activities.
Posted August 8, 2016
Summertime: No excuse for homeschool chaos
Creative ways to maintain some semblance of order during the summer and avoid homeschool chaos.
Posted July 4, 2016
Summer writing activities to keep skills sharp
A smorgasbord of summer writing activities to keep your kids’ skills sharp even when school’s out.
Posted June 27, 2016
Thesaurus game: Describing a person
This family game uses a thesaurus to teach kids and teens how to make better vocabulary choices!
Posted June 13, 2016
3 writing activities pre-writers will love {free printable}
There’s plenty you can do to help young children become writers—even before they can write independently.
Posted May 6, 2016
Play hopscotch to practice adding details to a story
Help children plan and practice adding details to a story by playing a fun variation of hopscotch.
Posted April 11, 2016
Family Fun with Boardless Scrabble
Playing boardless Scrabble helps kids have fun as they build and develop vocabulary and spelling skills.
Posted June 8, 2015
Build writing skills with puzzles and word games
Whether you play online or with pencil, paper, cubes, or tiles, puzzles and word games help build vocab and thinking skills.
Posted April 13, 2015
Making A Book about Me
Children love to hear stories about when they were younger. Here’s a simple way to record special times in a special book.
Posted March 30, 2015
Make a conversation journal with your child
Conversation journals are simple spiral notebooks that help you connect heart-to-heart with your child!
Posted January 12, 2015
Story planning game | Character and setting
This oral story planning game teaches kids how to plan characters and setting.
Posted October 6, 2014
3 ways to keep kids writing this summer
Keep kids writing this summer! Set them loose to journal about favorite books, write to a pen pal, or use imaginative story starters!
Posted June 9, 2014
Easter writing activities
Kids and teens can write testimonies and prayers or make a Scripture collage with these Easter writing activities
Posted April 14, 2014