Elementary Writing Activities
40+ Activities for Grades 1-6
These creative writing activities for elementary students have been designed to spark a love for writing in young learners. Whether you’re a parent looking for a fun way to incorporate daily writing at home, a teacher looking for creative writing exercises, or a homeschooler thinking of a new writing task for your next English language arts lesson, we’ve got you covered!
Writing styles covered
Aimed at children aged 6 to 12, our fun writing activities for elementary students are the perfect way to ease the learning process of improving their writing skills, communication, and self-expression. Writing styles covered include:
- Story writing
- Explanation writing
- Persuasive writing
- Report writing
- Opinion writing
- Instruction writing
- Poetry
These activities also help to unlock children’s imaginations by providing a creative entry point to writing rather than being given a blank piece of paper and a pen. There are over 40 activities to choose from, and you’re free to mix and match as you wish!
Access our fun writing activities here:
- Grade 1 Writing Activities
- Grade 2 Writing Activities
- Grade 3 Writing Activities
- Grade 4 Writing Activities
- Grade 5 Writing Activities
- Grade 6 Writing Activities
How Night Zookeeper can help
Looking for further guidance from education experts, or a new way to make writing fun for your child? Our writing program for kids will transform even the most reluctant writers into budding young authors!
Night Zookeeper will elevate your child’s writing practice with thousands of different writing games, creative writing exercises, skills and vocabulary challenges, lessons on grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and much more! We’ll also send you free printable writing worksheets every month, as well as suggest countless writing ideas to your child with our weekly competitions and writing projects.
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