Some kids love to write, and some kids… well they need a little encouragement. These seriously spooky (but not too scary) Halloween writing prompts are a great way to encourage reluctant writers and inspire creative writing for everyone. Halloween is such a fun theme to write about. There are all kinds of interesting characters kids […]
Dreaming about Tomorrowland – Writing & Drawing Prompts
This post is sponsored by Disney’s Tomorrowland. Every school holidays we plan a family movie night, but it’s not always successful, and sometimes it is a total disaster. I have four kids, aged 5 – 11, and it is not easy finding a movie that everyone wants to watch. It can’t be too scary, or […]
The Best Free Fonts to use with Beginning Writers
Over the years I’ve created and printed lots of things for my own kids and I’ve also created lots of free printables for preschoolers and beginning readers and writers. I am often asked which fonts are good to use with beginning writers, so today I’m going to share some of the best. I am not […]
Two Easy Foldable Letters
A great way to entice my reluctant writer is to get him writing letters. We had lots of fun with our post office play (find our free printable post office play set here) and we’ve enjoyed using our printable letter writing set too, but recently we discovered two really easy ways to turn any old […]
Free Printable Comic Book Templates!
My boys are all about the comic books at the moment. I’m not even sure what started it, the big kids have been reading comics and graphic novels off and on for ages, and the little one loves them for all the cool pictures, but just recently the boys started making their own, and so […]
Fun Free Printable Writing Prompts for Kids
I have a seven year old who loves to read. He also love to draw. He reads and draws, and draws and reads, constantly. He also loves making up stories and creating imaginary animals and he has all kinds of crazy cool ideas… but he doesn’t like to write. “It’s boring.” “It’s too hard.” “It’s […]
A Sticky Cutting Tray Invitation to Play
Every now and then I remember that Noah is the smallest, and that while we’ve done so many fun activities over and over, that was with the big kids, back when he was a baby. So to him, self-adhesive paper, sticky side up, is still magical! I put together a quick and easy […]
Post Office Play – Free Printable Play Set
It’s so much fun to get a real letter in your letter box! My kids got a postcard from a relative the other day and that sparked lots of conversation about letters and how they get from one place to another. We chatted about stamps, and how some letters go by plane, and how our […]