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8 Fantastically Fun Writing Games For Kids

Teaching children to write can be challenging, but there are many ways to make it enjoyable for both you and your child! Here's a list of the best writing games for kids that you can try anytime, anywhere!
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Father's Day Writing Prompts

Celebrate Father's Day with heartfelt gratitude for all dads, stepdads, grandads, and other father figures. Explore these writing prompts to honor the amazing father figures in our lives!
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How To Beat The Summer Slide

How can you beat the summer slide and avoid learning loss, while allowing your child to have a well-deserved summer break? Get inspired with our summer learning activities, and learn how you can use them to beat the summer slide and set your child up for academic success in the new school year!
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January Writing Prompts For Kids

Happy new year, and happy January! Now that the holidays seem like a distant memory, we must focus on the year ahead and on all the exciting days and events coming our way! Here are the best January writing prompts to get your child excited for the new year.
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Literacy Games For Kids

Encouraging your child to practice literacy skills can be challenging, especially if they find literacy boring, or look at it as schoolwork. From family game nights, to epic singing battles, we hope these suggestions help spark a passion for learning in your child, all while having fun!
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Top 7 Writing Activities For Kids

Writing can be a challenging skill to learn, but at Night Zookeeper, we believe in making writing fun. Here are some great writing activities that will transform your child’s attitude toward writing!
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Christmas Writing Prompts For Kids

Christmas is many people’s favorite holiday, and here at Night Zookeeper, we love to celebrate friendship, joy, and the power of creativity during this time of the year! Encourage your child to express themselves creatively this holiday season with some fun, Christmas creative writing prompts!
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12 Days of Christmas Writing Prompts

Keep the festivities going! These Christmas writing prompts are all about what truly matters, not only during the holiday season, but all year-round - gratitude, compassion, kindness, family and friends.
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December Writing Prompts For Kids

December is most people’s favorite month, as it’s a month full of joy, festivities and celebrations! This is also a very busy time of the year, and we’re here to help you by providing some free, educational writing prompts for your child to try during the break.
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Fun Creative Activities For Children’s Wellbeing

Mental wellbeing has become a global topic of discussion, but children’s mental health specifically continues to be overlooked. Without the right tools, children may struggle to find ways to manage their mental wellbeing. Here are our best, fun creative activities to improve your child's wellbeing!
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October Writing Prompts For Kids

October is the first full month of a brand new season, and as usual, we have lots to write about as we celebrate World Smile Day, World Animal Day, World Teachers’ Day and Halloween! If you’re on the hunt for some amazingly creative writing prompts, you’ve come to the right place!
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30 Super Writing Prompts for September

These September writing prompts are perfect whether your child is getting ready for Autumn or enjoying the first few days of Spring!
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August Writing Prompts For Kids

Now that we’ve settled into the second half of the year and a new school year approaches, get your child’s writing back on track with our best August writing prompts!
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July Writing Prompts For Kids

We have much to celebrate in the month of July, including some awesome international animal days, yummy holidays and friendship! Let your child's imagination run wild with our favorite July-themed writing prompts!
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15 Summer Writing Prompts For Kids

It's finally time to bring out the beach towels, swimwear and sun cream! However, we can't forget how important it is to keep your child's brain active during the summer break. Our amazing summer writing prompts will do just that!
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15 Summer Learning Activities

Summer can be a tricky time of the year for parents, as it's sometimes challenging to keep children entertained in a productive way! Looking for new, educational activities to do with your child this summer break? This article may be just what you've been looking for!
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May Writing Prompts

Let your child's imagination run wild with our awesome May Writing Prompts! These writing prompts have been created to help your child develop their skills in various styles of writing, including opinion pieces, persuasive texts, storytelling, list-making and letter writing. Be sure to share these with your child!
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Environmental Writing Prompts

These Environmental Writing Prompts have been created to raise awareness about the current environmental crisis and to get your child to think creatively about all the ways they can help!
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April Writing Prompts for Kids

Celebrate the start of April, we have some amazingly fun April Writing Prompts to keep your children inspired to write! April is a busy month, with lots of great things to celebrate, including Earth Day, World Penguin Day and Poetic Earth Month!
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Mother's Day Writing Prompts

Celebrate Mother's Day with these amazing writing prompts! Mothers are really important role models and should be celebrated and cherished! They do so much for us a daily basis and we should dedicate this day to show gratitude and love for them!
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March Writing Prompts for Kids

March is the month of new beginnings and creativity! With Springtime around the corner and World Book Day fast approaching, we've gathered some awesome March writing prompts which will for sure inspire your kid(s) to get excited about some cool upcoming events!
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February Writing Prompts for Kids

Looking for some writing inspiration? Well, look no further! In this blog, we share with you some of our favourite February writing prompts for kids! As Valentine's Day approaches, it's always good to remember and celebrate our loved ones and that is exactly what these prompts will prompt your child to do! Happy February!
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New Year's Writing Prompts for Kids

New Year's Day marks a lot of new beginnings, which might be difficult for children to understand. It marks both the start of a new year, as well as a new decade! We thought it would be fun to serve up some fresh new writing prompts to help your children better understand what all the buzz about a new year is about. What better character to deliver these prompts, but Maji the Time Travelling Elephant? She knows *a lot* about new years!
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23 Fantastically Fun Facts for Kids

These fun facts for kids are designed to teach your child about animals and encourage their creativity. We've also included fun writing prompts to help spark your child's imagination and help them write cool new things.
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Holiday Writing Prompts for Kids

These holiday writing prompts are designed to spark creativity and imagination within children. We encourage children to think about what they like (or dislike) about the holiday season, but also ask them to think outside of the box about what the holidays mean to them.
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7 Top Creative Activities To Do at Home

We've compiled our top activities that you can do in the comfort of your own home! These are some of the best ways to encourage creativity and imagination. Have fun and learn at the same time!
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Earth Day Writing Prompts

The Night Zoo is a very magical world indeed, but we want children to recognise the magic of the world they already live in. Celebrate Earth Day with these amazing Earth Day Writing Prompts!
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Spring Writing Prompts for Kids

These super spring writing prompts will help your child to grow their imaginations!
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November Writing Prompts

Whether you’re homeschooling or simply looking for creative writing prompts to do after school during the month of November, here is a list of our favorites!
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Halloween Writing Prompts for Kids

With these fun Halloween prompts for young writers, your children will make great use of their imaginations and creative drive. Whatever your child decides to write about, we hope they will keep their writing fun and a little bit magical! 🎃
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June Writing Prompts for Kids

We're nearly halfway through the year already! June is an awesome month as it brings a change in seasons and plenty of smiles! We've created some June writing prompts that will encourage your child to use their imagination and have lots of fun whilst writing!
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Wonderful Winter Writing Prompts for Kids

With these wonderful winter-themed prompts for kids, your children will make great use of their imaginations and creative drive. Whatever your child decides to write about, we hope they will keep their writing fun and a little bit magical!
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7 Great Word Games for Kids

Here are 7 fun word ames to help inspire even the most reluctant readers and writers to start loving creative writing and storytelling. These games focus on improving literacy, language skills and overall enthusiasm for creative writing.
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16 Fantastic Fall/Autumn Writing Prompts

Here are some fun, fall writing prompts to help spark your child’s creativity! Our autumn writing prompts will inspire your child to engage their imagination and create a new poems, persuasive essays, adventure stories, reports and short stories.
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25 Creative Writing Prompts for Kids

Writing helps children develop their communication, emotional intelligence, self-expression, and confidence. We know this skill doesn't always come naturally to children, so we're here to make it easy and fun to learn! Here are 25 fantastically fun writing prompts for you to try, whether you’re homeschooling, or simply looking for an educational activity to do at the weekend
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