Writing Extravaganza!: Journal Prompts & Story Starters for Creative Kids, 5th Grade Edition

Sometimes children have more to say than they know how to begin.

Writing Extravaganza! 5th Grade Edition gives young writers an inviting place to find words for their ideas, experiences, choices, and feelings. Creative exercises and real-life story starters make it easier to enter the page—without turning writing into another test with one correct answer.

More than an ordinary writing journal
• Age-specific story starters draw from school, friendships, family life, choices, change, and everyday fifth-grade experiences.
• Paired prompts explore opposites, alternatives, and different points of view—from Worried and Confident to What I Can and Cannot Change.
• Creative variety includes stories, poems, letters, autobiography, sensory imagery, future daydreams, and playful writing challenges.
• Thoughtful resources include an original Feelings and Emotions Vocabulary Wheel, Core Values, Self-Care Activities, and a Distraction List.

Made to use their way
Children can choose a page that interests them and write independently, or a parent, grandparent, teacher, homeschool educator, counselor, or other trusted adult can use a prompt to begin a meaningful conversation. The flexible format also welcomes children who have plenty of ideas but do not always enjoy conventional writing assignments.

The fifth-grade edition includes imaginative adventures alongside age-relevant situations involving friendship, peer pressure, school, family, worries, confidence, early crushes, mistakes, change, and everyday choices. Each unfinished story invites the young writer to decide what happens next.

A meaningful gift for a growing writer
Whether the child already loves to write or needs a more personal reason to begin, Writing Extravaganza! offers a screen-free space for creativity, reflection, and self-expression. The eight-book series continues with a new grade-specific edition each year through senior year.

Give them a page that helps them find the words.