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6 Vocabulary Building Writing Activities with Mrs. Wordsmith’s Storyteller’s Illustrated Dictionary

Disclosure: I partnered with Mrs. Wordsmith to bring you this information. Grow a child’s vocabulary and writing skills with Mrs. Wordsmith’s Storyteller’s Illustrated Dictionary. This deluxe, illustrated storytelling dictionary gets kids jazzed about words with over 1,000 words illustrated in entertaining cartoons. –>Buy The Storyteller’s Illustrated Dictionary on Mrs. Wordsmith’s site or on Amazon. And […]

Summer Printable for Kids

Download this amazing free summer learning printable for kids that will guide them in reading, writing, and math learning. (And prevent the summer slide & summer learning loss!) Summer Printable for Kids Stick the printables into a 3-ring binder or just staple the packet. (I like the binder because then I can add math worksheets and handwriting worksheets.) […]

Project Pet Rock (Craft and Procedural Writing Activity)

Help your kids adopt the easiest pet ever — a ROCK! (I know. Why didn’t you think of this before?) Once your child adopts a rock, he can dress it up, name it, and give it a home! Not only that, add literacy learning with a funny and fun writing activity. Use a procedural “How-To” book like Laura Numeroff’s 10-Step Guide […]

Write Your Own Latin Based Harry Potter Spells

For my daughter’s Harry Potter birthday party, one of the activities, besides spells and sorting, was writing magical spells using Latin words. You can download the Spell Book I created for free here — and use it for your own magical party or even your classroom. Write Your Own Latin Based Harry Potter Spells The […]

Experiential Stuffed Animal Writing Idea For Kids

Get your imaginations ready for a fun experiential writing adventure! You’ll be taking your best friend (aka. favorite stuffed animal) for a walk and narrating the story as it might happen if your friend were real. This kind of doing and writing is great for young writers for many reasons such as: SENSORY DETAILS: Descriptions can include […]

Write a Novel in November! NaNoWriMo Kids

Yesterday I sat in on my daughter’s 5th grade lunch writing club while her teacher explained NaNoWriMo — National Novel Writing Month — for kids! The kids can’t wait to start writing. Because every day of November, they’ll be writing toward an amazing goal: a novel! Write a Novel in November! NaNoWriMo Kids Homeschool parents, this could […]

Happy Birthday, Cupcake! Review and Activities

Happy Birthday, Cupcake! Review and Activities The latest picture book from Terry Border, creator of the photography site Bent Objects is HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CUPCAKE! and it’s a mouth-watering adventure using everyday-object photography. (Also, don’t miss his previous book, Peanut Butter & Cupcake!) Never Before Seen Photograph from Happy Birthday, Cupcake! Cupcake wants to celebrate her birthday with all her friends but she worries that her party ideas […]

Christmas Writing Prompts for Kids

Use the motivation of Christmas to inspire children to write. You’ll find creative Christmas writing prompts for kids that they’ll love. Fun Christmas Writing Prompts for Kids 1. Letter to Santa Write a letter to Santa. Either write a list of what you want OR use your best persuasive skills to convince Santa that you […]