Free Writing Journal Prompts
Keeping a writing journal is a fun, easy way to add some creativity, free thinking and problem solving skills to your homeschool routine.
Simply print out some free writing paper (or use your own paper), read the prompts with your child(ren) and let them freely write about that day’s topic. When they have completed the assignment, let them read their writing to you and then file it into a binder.
Some of the journal prompts lend themselves quite nicely to drawing as well. If you have the time and your child is inspired, we encourage you to allow them the extra creative freedom to illustrate his or her journal entry too.
At the end of your school year, children will have fun reading through their previous journal entries and you’ll be able to see their writing progress.
We recommend reading the finished entries together, but not correcting or grading them. This should be fun activity!
All of these writing prompts can be adapted for younger or older students. Where it is a good fit, we have included Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced journal assignments.
We’ll be adding more writing journal prompt through the year. Be sure to book mark this page and check back often!
The calendar we use every day is based on how long it takes for the Earth to rotate on it’s axis and how long it takes to travel around the sun. Every time the Earth makes a complete trip around the sun it marks a year on our calendar.
You may know that we have 365 days in our calendar year. Knowing that 1 year on our calendar is how long it takes for Earth to travel around the sun, you would think that it takes the Earth 365 to make that long trip. Well, not exactly. It actually takes the Earth 365 and 1/4 days. We can’t really add a 1/4 day to our calendar, though.
Instead, every 4 years, we add an extra day. This day is called “Leap Day” and is the last day of February. The next Leap Day will be February 29, 2016.
Think of that! An entire extra day! What would you do if you found yourself with an extra day in the calendar year? Would you relax? Have a party? Get caught up (or ahead) on your school work?
In your journal, write about what you would do with that extra day.
