75 Elementary Writing Prompt Ideas for Kids

Enjoy and use these seventy-five fun elementary writing ideas and the smiles they’re sure to bring, too! With such active pens — and even more active minds!  — be prepared for the creativity and new ideas to start pouring out from the creative minds of your kids.

Elementary writing skills are essential to building a solid educational foundation in children. To help reinforce the habit of regular writing, it is essential to show kids that writing in school can be fun. Journaling is one way to do so.

There is much evidence to support the fact that journal writing will help your children to develop their skills of explanation, to improve their writing, and to solve problems in interesting ways.  As your kids write, they’ll learn things about themselves they never knew before and they just might even become fascinated by the way the words and ideas come together on paper.

But what will your students write about in their journals? We’ve outlined 75 elementary writing ideas that will encourage elementary-age students to think about their own lives in new ways and to stretch their imaginations as they concoct new worlds with endless possibilities.

75 Elementary Writing Ideas for Kids

1. The best thing to do on a snow day
2. If I was in the circus, I would _______
3. The best place to play in my neighborhood
4. When I grow up
5. The most important thing I learned in kindergarten
6. Inside my backpack
7. If I could rename 10 different crayon colors
8. If I could be any animal, I would be…
9. Riding on Santa’s sleigh
10. If I were a sprinkle, I would go on _______ dessert
11. Running through the forest
12. Becoming tiny and exploring your bedroom
13. Living in an igloo
14. The best kinds of bugs
15. What makes a good treehouse?
16. Exploring a castle
17. Popping out of a toaster
18. If I could create a new creature…
19. My pets are like my family because…
20. Day at the beach
21. Living in candy land
22. My favorite dessert is…
23. My favorite thing to play at recess
24. If I could learn a new language
25. The best day of the week
26. If I could take any animal on a walk in the park…
27. The greatest present I ever received
28. My favorite game to play when I was younger
29. My hero
30. What I want to be for Halloween
31. I was proud when I __________
32. My favorite season
33. One day when I went to the park
34. I wish I knew more about _________
35. Something that is important to my family
36. My favorite board game
37. What I did last Saturday
38. A dream vacation
39. If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be _________
40. What makes a good playground
41. My favorite subject
42. Inside my backpack
43. The best joke I ever heard
44. A list of things that make me happy
    
45. If I could visit any planet
46. If dogs could talk
47. If I could have any superpower
48. What if there were no television?
49. If I won an award, it would be for _______
50. Jumping on giant sandwiches
51. The best field trip ever
52. My favorite cartoon character
53. If I could build anything out of legos…
54. Good manners are…
55. My grandparents
56. Five things I’m good at are…
57. Riding on dinosaurs
58. My favorite book character is __________
59. Something my parents used to do when I was little
60. My first memory
61. The greatest thing I’ve learned so far this year is…
62. If a genie granted me three wishes
63. Something that makes me unique
64. Something that always makes me feel better when I’m sad is…
65. My favorite holiday
66. If I had a thinking cap, it would look like…
67. If I was in charge of the weather
68. I use computers for…
69. My favorite thing about my family
70. If I was king or queen of the world for a day, I would…
71. I wish someone would build ______ by my house
72. Would I rather have three arms or three legs?
73. If I could make anything grow on trees, it would be…
74. My favorite thing to do outside
75. If I was invisible, I would…

Journal writing is a fabulous way to reinforce your child’s writing practice because it is creative, versatile, and easy to implement into lesson plans. Moreover, journaling is a powerful and fun learning tool to help elementary children practice their writing skills early on which will serve them beyond their elementary writing years and well into their adult lives.

Until next time, write on…

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