Letters – sometimes I sneak in and steal one of my older kids journals. write them a letter, and leave the journal on their pillow. Then they will write back and leave it on my pillow.
First Liners – Izzy’s clever teacher has his whole class in love with this writing prompt and all my kids love it when I write a first (crazy) line to a story in their journals, or they write one for each other, and they have to finish the story.
Lists- I write the heading eg “Things I love to eat” and they do the rest.
Questions – What super power would you like to have? What would happen if horses could fly?
Beginnings of a Drawing – I draw one small item then write a question eg A hat – who wears this hat? They draw the rest of the picture and write about it.
For even more ideas and printable prompts check out Playful Learning’s Starting and Writers Notebook eLesson. (affiliate link)
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