What children will learn
- Build a regular writing habit
- Write for different purposes: describing, recounting, imagining and persuading
- Use interesting vocabulary and full sentences
You'll need
- This page printed
- A notebook or exercise book
- Pencils and coloured pencils
How to do it
- Stick the prompt grid inside the front cover of the notebook.
- Each day, choose any prompt from the grid and write the date at the top of a new page.
- Write for about 10 minutes. Add a drawing, map or diagram if it helps tell the story.
- Tick or colour the prompt on the grid when it's done.
- At the end of the holidays, choose a favourite entry to read aloud to the family.
Make it easier
Draw a picture for the prompt and write one or two sentences underneath, or tell it out loud while an adult scribes.
Make it harder
Set a target of at least one paragraph per entry and include a simile or a piece of dialogue each time.
Parent tip: Resist correcting spelling in the journal — the goal is enjoyment and fluency. Respond to what they wrote, not how they wrote it.
Holiday Journal Prompts
Name: ____________________ Date: ____________
| The best thing I did today | Describe my perfect sandwich | If I had a pet dragon… | A letter to my future self |
| My favourite place to relax | Invent a new holiday | A day as a minibeast | Five things that made me smile |
| Rules for my own country | Describe a sound I heard today | My dream treehouse | A recipe for a perfect day |
| Write about a family member | The weirdest dream I've had | What I'd tell a new student | My holidays as a news report |
Pick one prompt each day, write about it in your journal, then tick it off here.
Free from holidays.successtutoring.com
Fantastic work! Every little step helps you grow.