Writing is good for students in so many ways:

• It helps with their handwriting and their fine motor skills.
• It helps them develop imagination and creativity.
• It opens up their true thoughts and helps them express emotions.
• It helps with reading, spelling and grammar.
• It helps them to develop plots, characters, and other elements of story.

And those are just a few reasons! Here’s a list of fun writing prompts you can use for your kids to get them writing daily. They can do these as a self-start activity, journaling or learning more about the creative writing process. These are just ideas, and while we do update this regularly, adding more ideas for your convenience, you can also keep in mind you can create prompts relevant to what they are learning in other subjects in school.

Writing Prompts:

• Last night, I dreamed that a big…
• I came across a time machine and got it. I pushed a big, red button and the next thing I knew…
• If I was an animal, I would…
• “Bam! Bam!” The loud noise made me jump! I ran to the window to see…
• On our family vacation we saw…
• We were in the park playing on the swings when all of the sudden, a green….
• I don’t know what happened. It seemed like a regular night. I was eating pizza with my family when all of the sudden….
• One cold morning, when we looked out the window we saw…
• Last night, my grandma took me to the…
• Knock, knock! I went to the door to see who was there. When I opened the door, I saw a large, blue box with a big red bow. I leaned down to open the box and….
• If I won one million dollars I would…
• Instead of getting presents for Christmas, I got a…
• Today, I am grateful for…
• The thing I am most scared of is…
• If I could visit anywhere in the world, I would go…
• When I grow up, I want to be a…
• If I could change my name, I would change it to…
• I switched lunch with my best friend. When I opened the new lunch sack, I found…
• Last winter, it didn’t snow regular snowflakes. Instead, we got mounds of….
• I never thought my birthday wish would come true, but when I blew out the candles, suddenly…
• If I was the President of the United States, I would…
• Five things I love about my family…
• If I could trade places with my dad for one day, I would…
• If I could magically appear inside any book, it would be…
• When I grow up, I write a best selling book about…
• It’s beach day and I packed everything I need in my bag. I packed…
• The scariest thing that every happened to me was…
• I’m a superhero and nobody knows it. My super power is…
• When I’m in charge of the circus, I’m going to teach the…
• I survived a ship wreck on a desert island. The only three things I have with me are…
• For Halloween, I dressed up as…
• My favorite Christmas song is [song name] because…
• I found a magic lamp and was granted one wish. I wish for…
• Three of my favorite things in the whole entire world are…
• Overnight I became famous because I…
• I was scared. It wasn’t very dark, but I could hear the tapping of…
• You are a butler for a rich family. Write about a day in your life.
• You are a roller coaster designer and have been paid to build a new new. Write about it: What do you name it? What color is it? Does it have a theme? What makes it thrilling?
• You have a great-aunt, whom you’ve never met, pass away and leave her entire fortune to you. Her fortune is a pig farm. Write about what you do with it.
• You are given $100 to spend. Write about the store you go to and what you purchase and why.
• You are the zookeeper for a day. Write about your tasks: What are your favorites? What are your least favorites?

Your Homework:

• Pick a way you’d like to incorporate writing into your child’s homeschool routine (creative writing, journaling, self-start activity)
• Next, figure out how often you’d like your students to do this (daily? weekly?)
• Get each child a notebook where they can keep all their writings in one place for the whole year
• Assign them a prompt and give them a time limit
• Check back, for more prompts