First grade is a super exciting time for your kiddies, which makes it the perfect time to develop their love of writing! Your students are becoming opinionated and want to share their ideas, and it’s your job to teach them how to do this confidently in their writing. These 51 silly and lighthearted writing prompts are perfect to get their imaginations going and make them excited to put pencil to paper! Have a look and see which ones will inspire even your most reluctant writers to get stuck in.
Preferences and Favorites
1. What do you want to see at Disneyland?
2. What kind of candy do you like to eat?
3. What is your favorite toy, and why?
4. Do you like to drink soda? Why or why not?
5. What is your favorite dessert?
6. What is your favorite animal?
7. What is your perfect pet?
8. How did the yuckiest food you ever ate taste?
9. Do you think skydiving is fun?
10. What do you like the most about school?
11. What is your favorite cafeteria food?
12. What is your favorite vegetable?
13. Do you prefer spiders or snakes as pets? Why?
14. Do you like the movie “Frozen”? Why, or why not?
15. How do you feel when you eat your favorite food?
16. If you can only eat one food for the rest of you, what do you pick?
17. What is your perfect breakfast?
Imaginative Scenarios
18. Would you like to be an animal for a day? If so, which one?
19. What would you do if you were president for a day?
20. What would you do if there were a dinosaur in your backyard?
21. Your dog eats your homework. What will you tell the teacher?
22. If you could talk to animals, what would you say?
23. Is a dragon a good pet?
24. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
25. Is a mermaid a good pet?
26. Is it better to be too big or too small?
27. What is your dream vacation, and why?
28. Would you eat a fly? Why or why not?
29. Which is better? Hands for feet, or feet for hands?
30. Do you think that aliens are real?
31. Do you want to fly to outer space in a rocket? Why?
32. What would you do if you saw a mammoth?
33. Your mom buys a pet hippo. How do you feel and why?
34. Is it better to run like a lion or fly like an eagle?
35. If you could be any cartoon character, who would you be and why?
36. Would it be better to have square-shaped eyes or triangle-shaped feet?
37. Would you want to breathe through your ears or smell through your mouth? Why?
38. Would you like to have two tongues? Why or why not?
39. What would you do if you woke up and you couldn’t talk?
40. What would you do if you woke up and couldn’t hear?
41. Do you think it’s better to live in the North Pole or the Sahara desert? Why?
Activities, Routines, and Hobbies
42. How do astronauts poop in space?
43. How do you brush your teeth?
44. What is a secret hobby that you have?
45. What do you like to do at the beach?
46. What is your favorite sport to play after school?
47. What kind of person is your best friend?
48. What is the happiest thing you remember and why?
49. Do you think your bedtime is at a good time? Why or why not?
50. What would happen at your perfect birthday party?
51. What do you do when you get ready for bed?