Kindergarten Writing Activities

Gratitude Tree

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

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Write a Thanksgiving Day Poem

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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A Sonia-Inspired Activity: Poetry Read-Alouds

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A Sonia-Inspired Activity: Poetry Read-Alouds

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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I Am Thankful For...

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I Am Thankful For...

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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String Story Necklaces

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String Story Necklaces

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Fairy Tale Dice

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Fairy Tale Dice

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your kindergartener to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve his reading and writing skills while he's at it.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Wham! Bam! Kapow!: Cartoon Storytelling

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Wham! Bam! Kapow!: Cartoon Storytelling

Challenge your kindergartener to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve his fine motor skills in the process.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Design a Diorama!

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Design a Diorama!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Make Your Own Seed Packets

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Make Your Own Seed Packets

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Kindergarten

Science

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Sequence Those Sentences, A Story Game

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Sequence Those Sentences, A Story Game

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Practice Writing with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Practice Writing with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Content Clues: Writing with Pictures

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Content Clues: Writing with Pictures

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Create an Autumn Tree of Resolutions

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Create an Autumn Tree of Resolutions

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise

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Instant Poetry! A Writing Exercise

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what he observes around him into a beautiful poem. Develop his writing skills and his creativity.

Kindergarten

Science

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Make a Paper Bag Book

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Make a Paper Bag Book

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

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Codex Book

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Codex Book

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

Kindergarten

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