Writing Prompts for Kids: 12 Fun Printable Writing Activity Pages to Encourage Kids to Write Printables School/Education Education Activities Playtime Fun With Dad

School may be almost over for now, but that doesn't mean learning has to stop. Writing is hard for some kids because they don't know what to write about. Free printables of writing prompts for kids can encourage them to write!

We need to encourage kids to write. Writing is something most children are born wanting to do. "Children as young as two years of age make marks on paper to express their feelings and communicate with others," states an article on Institute for Child Success. "Although toddlers and preschoolers may not write conventionally, they demonstrate their writing abilities in a variety of ways such as scribbling, drawing, and making letter-like forms. The ways in which adults respond to children’s first writing attempts can nurture or extinguish children’s natural desire to write; therefore, it is critical for parents, teachers, administrators and community stakeholders to understand the important stages of writing development and to encourage positive attitudes toward writing."

Writing introduces and reinforces learning skills children need. "Research on early writing instruction suggests that experimenting with composing helps children develop phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge and print awareness, which are skills associated with future reading and writing proficiency."

Ready to get your child writing! Here are some free printable activity sheets with writing prompts for kids to trigger those creative juices and get that pen or pencil moving. 

To print the coloring pages from your computer, simply click the "print image" button in the top right-hand corner.

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