Writing Prompts for Kids

We use writing prompts in our workboxes and during our summer routine. Our summer routine is 10 to 15 minutes of structured educational activity a day. Keeping this simple low pressure routine last summer reduced the amount of back-to-school whining when fall came around. It also helped reduce a lot of Summer slide.  Once a week we have "Writing Wednesday" where my children pick a writing prompt from a jar and write a half page.

 

WRITING PROMPTS

 Write about the day in the life of an inanimate object in your house. Must be written from the point of view of the object.


 If I live to be a hundred years old...


Last week I found a secret passage in my closet...


When I open my own restaurant...


Yesterday I was magically transported into my favorite TV show......


 My time machine is ready...


Hello, my name is the Sun.... (write from the point of view of the Sun)


Hello, my name is the Moon... (write from the point of view of the Moon)


It was a dark and stormy night...


 In my secret lair.....


If I had $1,000 I would buy.....


I found a genie lamp and my first wish is.....


The monkeys escaped their cage at the zoo....


You will never believe what I found in the swimming pool.


If I had a superpower it would be...


This morning I woke up with a mermaid tail...

 

 

Beat Summer Slide

WE LOVE SUMMER BREAK, but we don't love summer slide!

To beat the Summer Slide, we do 10 to 15 minutes of structured education a day during the summer. These activities are not designed to be long, but simple and fun way to keep them in routine of learning. Last summer we kept the schedule pretty faithfully. We missed some days each week but try to NEVER miss Math Monday. 

We also keep a small structure now that my boys are older. When they were little, like under 10, it was easy to just say "go play outside", but now they don't move as much and don't just "play" like they used to, so we have to have a bit of structure.

 

Math Monday
I pick one of the following, no more than 10 to 15 minutes.

• Math U See worksheet (I use any sheets we didn't do during the year as their summer review pages)

• Math Drills using MineCraft Math Coloring Books!

• Cartoon Guide to Algebra: During the summer between Geometry and Algebra 2, we are 2 chapters of this fun Algebra review

Typing Tuesday
 3 screens of "Write Your Own Adventure" Story on Typing.com

Free Typing Lessons on Typing.com

Writing Wednesday
I try to keep writing all about fun during summer.  I don't check for structure and grammar as strictly because the goal is just to keep them using their creative writing muscles during the summer.

• Pick one writing prompt from a jar, write half to whole page story. 

• Or write one page of "Write Your Own Storybook"

• Practice Penmanship with Learning Cursive in Narnia or Learning Cursive with The Hobbit

Thankful Thursday
We are thankful for summer vacation, and don't have any school work on Thursdays. Spend some time thanking God for His Creation today.

Fitness Friday
Pick 5 exercises from the Homeschool Exercise Jar

Homeschool Exercise Jar