Free Printable Writing Prompts for Kindergarten, First, Second, Third, Fourth, and even Fifth Grade students! This printable collection of PDF writing prompts for kids cover creative writing, opinion writing prompts, narrative, informative, persuasive, and so much more! Each writing prompt includes a fun picture and simple instructions for student-led learning.
Printable Writing Prompts for Kids
Free Printable Writing Prompts by Grade
An entire year of free picture writing prompts for every grade K-5. These simple, standards-based writing prompts are for morning bell work, free time journaling, or take-home activities.
Free printable kindergarten writing prompts for an entire year! Students will work on creative, opinion, narrative, informative and persusuasive writing. Simple picture prompts will keep students engaged. Pair with our Kindergarten Writing Paper for thematic learning over the school year.
These writing prompts help students express themselves, creating a love for writing at an early age. By offering printable prompts that encourage different types of writing, teachers can support their students in developing their handwriting, creativity, and writing abilities.
The second grade writing prompts worksheets help boost your student’s creative writing skills. Children will use these writing prompts for second grade to improve handwriting, brainstorming, fine motor, and pencil control
A free set of printable writing prompts designed specifically for third grade writers covers narrative, informative, descriptive, comparison, and creative writing genres.
Fourth Grade Writing Prompts make writing practice a breeze! With a variety of prompts that give students opportunities to write opinion, persuasive, descriptive, and narrative pieces, there’s sure to be something for every student!
Every one of the fifth-grade writing prompts pdfs includes 12 different colorful writing prompts. We have made all of the fifth grade writing prompts unique so students want to keep learning and growing in developing strong writing skills.
These fun writing prompts will keep your kids excited about writing! With silly, practical prompts, your students will love writing creatively, and you’ll love how they improve their penmanship!
Check out each of the fantastic journal printable prompt card sets. Your students will love writing creatively, and you’ll love how they improve fine motor skills, journaling, and the art of handwriting/penmanship!
Writing Prompts by Type
The prompts below cover seven different writing genres. Each set includes prompts designed for students in elementary and homeschool settings aged kindergarten to grade five. These free, printable writing prompt task cards are easily used to differentiate by ability level and age levels!
A year of creative writing prompts for your K-5 students is at your fingertips! Check out each of the fantastic printable prompt card sets. These make great resources for morning work, quick writes, or homework writing practice prompts. Your students will love writing creatively, and you’ll love how they improve fine motor skills, creative thinking, and the art of handwriting/penmanship!
A year of opinion writing prompts for your K-5 students is at your fingertips! Students learn how to communicate their own thoughts on objects, food, and more!
Our narrative writing prompts provide elementary students seasonal and holiday-themed narrative prompts! If you’re looking for an engaging resource to inspire K-5 students in their narrative writing journey, you’ve found it!
These free comparison writing prompts for your K-5 students is just a download away! Your students will be challenged to compare one object to another, building the skill to sort and classify while focusing!
Informative writing prompts are our free, printable writing prompts that provide your K-5 students with a year’s worth of seasonal and holiday-themed informative prompts. These are ideal learning how to teach or inform others how to perform a task or describe an object.
Writing Prompts by Season
The writing prompts below cover 4 Seasons of Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. Each set includes prompts and activities designed for students in elementary and homeschool sorted by grades kindergarten to grade five.
Over 200 fall writing prompts for your K-5 students is at your fingertips! Students learn how to write with fun fall topics!
Our winter writing prompts for your K-5 students contain more than 200 prompt cards! Students learn how to write and describe winter themes!
200+ spring-themed writing prompts for your K-5 students is at your fingertips! Students learn how to communicate their own thoughts on various spring topics.
This set has more than 200 writing prompts for your K-5 students at your fingertips! Students will enjoy writing and learning about various summer topics!
What Are Writing Prompts?
Printable writing prompts for kids are creative story starters and questions designed to spark imagination and help young writers overcome the blank page. These prompts can range from whimsical scenarios like “What if you found a door to another world in your closet?” to personal reflection questions such as “Write about a time you helped someone.” They’re particularly valuable because they can be easily printed at home or in classrooms, require no special technology, and provide structured inspiration that helps children develop their storytelling skills, expand their vocabulary, and build confidence in written expression.
How to Use Writing Prompts
Our printable writing promts are organized by grade level and month. Within each year of prompts we’ve ensured a variety of writing styles are covered. As such, the simplest way to utilize these in your classroom is to print the month’s prompts, and cut them out. Provide students a composition notebook or use our printable writing paper and have them choose a card each morning. This is a simple way to integrate 10-15 minutes of creative journal writing in a low-risk environment.
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