Today we have another wonderful writing prompts for the kids around the ending of the Year. We are giving you and the children a chance to look back on what has happened in your life over the last year, focusing on the positive aspects. This is a lovely end of year writing prompt for kids, both encouraging creativity and handwriting. Why not have a go yourself too, it might even be a lot of fun!
There are a few pages within this end of year writing prompts for kids, all with different focus for challenging the children.
This end of year journalling activity includes:
- Things you have learned,
- Your favourite memory,
- Your biggest accomplishment,
- Your best friend, and
- Your favourites for the year, including:
- Best song,
- Favourite book,
- Food, and
- Move you liked the most.
Thinking about all of these things, will, we hope, encourage your children (and you) to remember some of the better times within the year.
Things you have learned
You can get the kids to fill this in as a bullet point list if they want, or perhaps just write about one specific event that taught them something really important. For example:
- How important it is to help others,
- How wonderful it is to spend time with people we love, or
- How much fun it is to play football!
Whatever it is they learnt, get the to chat about it first, and then write it down so you can remember it over the years.
Your favourite memory
This is an excellent way to get children to think about THE thing that has meant the most to them throughout the year and why. Get the to think back on their favourite positive experience from the year, and write about it. Ideas might be:
- That time they rode a horse,
- When Granny learnt how to use Zoom,
- The time they scored a goal in hockey, or
- When you all watched a favourite film together.
Thinking about all your favourite memories as part of this end of year writing prompts for kids should focus the mind on some of the wonderfully positive experiences within the year.
Your biggest accomplishment
This is pretty simple. What did your kids do this year (or you), that you are most proud of? Reflect on it, and get them to write about it. Some ideas to help spark the imagination are:
- Biggest sporting achievement,
- When you aced that test,
- When you managed to change the tyre on the car, or
- When you baked those chocolate cupcakes for the first time.
Your best friend
Most children do have a best friend so:
- Who are they?
- Why do you like them?
- What do they look like?
- What do you like doing together?
Why don’t you get the kids to think about all the things that they did with them this year, and write about the one that makes them smile the most!
Your favourites for the year
We don’t really need to explain THIS one – what are YOUR child’s favourite things, and why. We hope that this isn’t as hard as it looks – who can pick one book, song and movie only….We struggle to do this every time we try!
We hope that you have enjoyed these ideas – you can download the journalling activity by…
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We trust that this was as much fun for you as it was for us. If you would like to look at some of the other New Years Activities, do take a look at what we have on the site.
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Cheers for coming,
Helen
Helen
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