Draw and Write

The classic draw-and-write page, with the writing lines that suit the child doing it: primary handwriting rules with a solid baseline and a dashed midline, or plain rules for a child past that stage. Drawing first and writing second is what makes it work — a child who has just drawn a monster has something to say about it, and the sentence comes far more easily than it would from a blank page. Pick one of the prompts or type your own, and choose whether the box sits above the lines, below them or beside them.

Age

ages 5–12

Answer key

Not needed for this page

Skills

handwritingcreativityvocabularyfine motor

What you can change

• Writing lines

  0–12 lines

• Where the box goes

  Box on top, Box underneath, Box on the left, Box on the right

• Line style

  Handwriting rules, Plain lines

• The prompt is a text to read

• Start them off with a picture

• Every page also takes the book's language, page size, theme and pictures.