Elementary Writing Best Practices

Teacher Tools

1. Scholastic Website For Children

This is a website that is essentially meant for parents, teachers and kids. Here, kids are free to write stories they feel inspire them to be better writers of adventure, science fiction, etc. The website is considered one of the best writing websites for kids because it helps them write what interests them in a way that is not only interesting but friendly for their age. This writing website is ideal for children in preparatory school. You can visit the website at: http://www.scholastic.com/.

2. Fun English Games

This is another writing website for kids that can help your child become a better writer. The website has an easy user interface and colors your child will love. You can visit the website on http://www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames.html. This website is one of the most popular fun writing games for kids website on the internet.

3. Boom Writer

This is another popular kid writing website. It allows your kids to not only develop and enhance their writing skills, but also helps them develop their vocabulary, reading prowess and peer assessment. The website is designed for kids and as such, most likely to attract them. In addition to the kid’s resources, the website has resources for books, educators and games for kids. You can visit the website whose address is boomwriter.com. If you are looking for a website where your kids can write stories, handle projects with classmates, and then this is the right website for you.

4. Edublogs

This is another website that allows your kids to get into blogging at an early stage. Your child can basically start a blog on their own to write about what interests them. Children can also share their blogs with other students, subsequently developing their writing skills. The website ID is here: http://edublogs.org/.

5. Kidblog Website

This is another popular kids writing blog which functions almost the same as edublogs. The only difference this blog has is that, what your child writes is not available to the public. This blog while interesting, makes it harder to share your child’s work with others without access but makes for a good place for them to develop their writing skills. You can go to the website here: http://kidblog.org/home/.

6. Story Jumper

This website allows your child to write their stories. It is a fun website because the character is someone kids love- story bird. You can visit the website here: https://www.storyjumper.com/ 

7. Quill 

Quill provides free writing and grammar activities for elementary, middle, and high school students. www.quill.org 

8. Time4Writing

Time4Writing.com offers educators a number of resources that assist in teaching writing. Teachers will find free writing resources. There are also valuable articles and activities on other related writing topics, like sentence writing, paragraph writing, and essay writing. The articles provide information and guidance, while the activities motivate students to practice their skills with printable worksheets, quizzes, video lessons, and interactive games. Students love learning and practicing skills using technology, which makes online courses a great way to keep them interested and motivated to learn to write. https://www.time4writing.com/teaching-writing/ 

9. Visu Words

I like this writing website for children particularly because its graphics- kids will definitely love it. Their website is http://www.visuwords.com/.

10. BBC’s Typing Tutor

If your kids spend hours at the computer, you could potentially make them do something beneficial like visit the BBC’s typing tutor website to help them become better writers. The writing websites for kids we are talking about here is http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr.

11. MyKidsWay – Essay Writing

Good sample essays for young children are not easy to locate. This website is a great source of content in four categories: narrative, persuasive, expository, and descriptive essays. Start with the featured essays, then dig deeper to find inspiration on different topics.  When your child starts writing more, encourage them to take part in the site’s weekly essay contest. Winners are published in the mini essays section.


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