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Spring is sometimes a tough time during the school year. Spring fever sets in. You want to get outside because it is FINALLY getting warm, and the end of the school year is in sight. Therefore, it is a great time to take advantage of the excitement of spring with some spring writing prompts.

Spring writing prompts are a fun way to use the kids’ excitement for the season to change up your writing program. We often do spring cleaning to freshen up our homes, so why not freshen up our writing with something a little different?

Using Writing Prompts With Kids

Writing prompts can be used in different ways in your homeschool or classroom. Look at what your student’s needs are at the time and what you want the kids to get out of it.

Assign a Prompt

One way to use prompts is to assign your kids a specific one. This is great when you want your kids to practice writing on demand. It is also helpful if you want kids to use a particular type of writing, such as narrative or persuasive writing.

Free Choice

Another way to use writing prompts is to give the kids free choices. Give them the list and let them choose what they want to write about. Some kids love having choices. Others may not. You can always narrow it down to a few choices for those kids.

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However you choose to use the prompts is up to you. Check out the list below to get started today.

Spring Writing Prompts

1. It is a beautiful spring day. Describe what it would look like and what you would do.
2. It’s a rainy spring day. Now what?
3. Describe what you’d see on a farm in spring.
4. What makes spring a fun time of year?
5. You enter a meadow and a deer and her fawn bound through the field. What happens next?
6. Describe fun things you can do in spring.
7. If you could spend a spring day on a lake or in the forest, which would you choose? Why?
8. Think of a special memory of you and your mom/dad. Write about it, and tell why the memory is special to you. It would make a great Mother’s/Father’s Day gift.
9. A spring rain has swept through. The puddles left behind are magical. You run to a puddle, call out a destination, and jump in. You are whisked away to your destination. Tell me about your adventure.
10. Plan a spring outing for you and your friends. Where would you go? What would you do for the day?
11. Write a story about your life as a tadpole in a pond.
12. Write an acrostic poem using a word that makes you think of spring. Example: KITE, EASTER, RAIN, CHICKS, BASEBALL, FLOWERS
13. Describe a garden you’d like to plant. Would it be a vegetable, flower, or some other type of garden? Where would it be? What would you do with your garden?
14. If I could ride my bike anywhere, I would ride it to ____________ and would __________.
15. It’s a windy day, and you are carried away clutching your umbrella. Explain your adventure.
16. Write a persuasive piece on why people should celebrate Earth Day.
17. Make a How To booklet on decorating an Easter Egg.
18. You are a bird, butterfly, or frog for the day. Which would you choose and why? OR Write a story about being one of them.
19. You are in charge of planning a Memorial Day parade. Explain the different parts of your parade OR paint a vivid picture of your parade.
20. Persuade someone why spring is the best season.

FREE Printables

You can download your own PDF version of the list above using the link below.

For fun, I have made up some cute writing paper to go with the spring theme. Download your FREE copies below.

Since there are 20 spring writing prompts, you have plenty of options for writing topics for several weeks. Mix and match throughout the spring season to add a little fun to your day.