Summer Writing Activities for Children

The lazy days of summer bring picnics, swimming, vacation, and writing activities.  Wait! Summer writing activities for children?!  There is no better way to keep your child engaged and “in the swim” of learning than to arrange for a few interesting summer writing activities that will keep those imaginations turned on!

Summer writing activities for children don’t have to be boring.  In fact, they don’t have to be poetry or prose, either.  Simple writing tasks, like list-making, can help exercise memorization and categorization skills and improve spelling.  Engage your child in helping you make a grocery list, or a list of pantry essentials.  You can create lists of chores for everyone in the family, or organize everyone’s activity schedule.  Feel free to make it fun using colored inks and fun papers to engage their attention.  Not only will your child’s penmanship and spelling improve, but he or she will be learning important life skills, as well.

Another really fun summer writing activity is a “compare and contrast” essay.  Wouldn’t every child jump at the chance to compare Mom’s driving to Dad’s?  Or their favorite restaurant with their sibling’s?  There are endless ways to use the “compare and contrast” lesson that really give kids a chance to express themselves.  In my experience, this has been one of the most fun summer writing activities for my kids every year.