Writing Letters
For older preschoolers and Kindergartners, a storytime about writing a letter can let them experiment with the format, even if they can’t write a full sentence. For a hands-on project, have the kids make greeting cards: 45 Creative Card Making Ideas for Kids Crafts | Kids Activities Blog.
Burgerman, Jon. Beginning, Middle, and End. Three entities that are essential to writing fight over which is more important.
Cousins, Lucy. Letters from Maisy. While on vacation, Maisy sends letters back home to her friends.
Cummings, Troy. Is This Your Class Pet? Arfy loves his job as a dog reading buddy, and writes emails and letters trying to find out who may have lost a pet turtle.
Funk, Josh. Dear Dragon. George becomes pen pals with Blaise, not realizing he is a dragon!
Keats, Ezra Jack. A Letter to Amy. Peter sends Amy a letter inviting her to a party.
Orloff, Karen Kaufman. I Wanna Iguana. Alex and his mom write notes to each other, debating if he can have a pet iguana.
Petter, Cathy. Dear Moxie, Dear Rex. When the family gets a new young dog, their older dog has to adjust so the two write letters.
Rocco, Hayley. How to Send a Hug. A child writes letters to grandmother, sending her hugs.
Rothman, Scott. Sorry, Sammy. Sammy has to write “sorry” letters on his mom’s birthday.
Sze, Gillian. The Little Green Envelope. When Olive’s friend moves away, an envelope is excited to be sent with a letter to connect with the friend.
Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah. Abdul’s Story. A young Black boy loves writing stories but worries his handwriting is too messy.
Penny Peck, San Jose State University iSchool