Creative, painless, and colorful Valentine-themed ideas that encourage kids to write!
Writing Games & Activities
Road trip activities that boost writing skills
Boost writing skills from the backseat without even using a pencil with these hilarious road trip activities.
Summer writing activities to keep skills sharp
A smorgasbord of summer writing activities to keep your kids’ skills sharp even when school’s out.
Thesaurus game: Describing a person
This family game uses a thesaurus to teach kids and teens how to make better vocabulary choices!
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.
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.
11 ways to celebrate Write to a Friend month
During Write to a Friend Month, kids will love these creative ideas that spark and encourage them to write letters by hand.
Family Fun with Boardless Scrabble
Playing boardless Scrabble helps kids have fun as they build and develop vocabulary and spelling skills.
Mother’s Day writing activities for kids {psst … hint, hint}
It’s OK to ask your kids to create something special for you for Mother’s Day. Whether it’s a card, poem, or crafty gift, their efforts will bring you joy!
Build writing skills with word games and puzzles
Whether you play online or with pencil, paper, cubes, or tiles, puzzles and word games help build vocab and thinking skills.
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.
Make a conversation journal with your child
Conversation journals are simple spiral notebooks that help you connect heart-to-heart with your child!
Story planning game | Character and setting
This oral story planning game teaches kids how to plan characters and setting.
4 Independence Day activities for middle school kids
For holiday fun, here are four simple Independence Day activities for middle school kids.
3 ways to keep kids writing this summer
Set kids loose to journal about favorite books, write to a pen pal, or use imaginative story starters!
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