5 Fun Writing Activities to Practice Handwriting

When my oldest was struggling with writing (writing some letters backwards and the size was often too big), I wanted to offer a way to practice at home.

I also wanted it to be fun. I wanted him to enjoy writing, like I do.

So I made a few of the printables/activities below and I thought some other parents might want to make use of them as well.

These activities are all a great way to practice writing BUT they're also just a fun way to develop imagination and storytelling skills.

5 Fun Writing Activities

1. Write and illustrate your own book 

Using this journal page, your child can write a book on the topic of their choice or you can provide prompts, like:

• All About Me
• A Day at School
• My Favourite Place
• My Birthday
• A Special Day With My Family
• How I Help at Home

If your child needs some help with how to get started, you could also write the first part of the sentence on each page for them, for example:

Title: My Favourite Place

Page Prompts:

• My favourite place is…
• I like to go there because…
• When I am there, I…
• I feel happy when I…
• I want to go there again because…

You can bind the pages together with a hole punch and string or just staple them.

2. Journal

Write a journal entry about the day. You can also give them prompts like:

• Today I feel…
• My favourite thing to do is…
• Something that made me smile today was…
• One thing I learned today was…
• I’m really good at…
• I helped someone today by…
• If I were a teacher, I would…
• I want to learn how to…

This is a shorter version of the activity above. Just use one journal page.

You can also buy a lock and key journal, like these ones, so they have somewhere special to write.

3. Create your own comic book

Use these templates to create a comic about funny adventures, superhero stories or anything your child wants. They can be short, like a comic strip, or longer, like a comic book.  

Click here to download all the comic book templates.

4. Draw a map

Draw a map of a real or imaginary place.

It could be of your child's:

• neighbourhood
• school
• bedroom
• playground
• local zoo, etc.

Or design a map of their dream amusement park, draw a treasure map, etc. Label the different areas on the map.

5. Create a menu

This is especially fun for children who like to help out in the kitchen.  Invite your child to create a menu.

It can be based in reality, i.e. the dinner menu, or pretend, i.e. a menu they’d love with only their favourite snacks and foods.

You can do a weekly menu or one that's just for a meal. Both templates can be found by clicking here.

Encourage them to draw the different foods and write out the item.  

If your child is younger and interested in this activity, they could just draw pictures and skip the writing.