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title: "Writing and Storytelling Activities for Kids | Nookly"
url: https://nookly.com/writing-and-storytelling
description: "Help children plan and tell their own stories with drawing prompts, character sheets and story maps — their ideas, their words."
lang: en
---

BUILDING CREATIVE SPACES FOR KIDS

# That audaciously creative idea deserves a p a g e.

Your child has the dragon, the plot twist and the terrible villain name. Nookly helps them see their ideas become real stories, so they feel like the author they already are, whether they draw it, say it or write it.

Create a story planner: https://my.nookly.com/create/

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

## Learning is play The future of learning is play

Image: A girl writing poems in a cozy attic room (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c7e2feb9-dd8d-4402-940a-361a92f6d853/poet.webp)
Image: Kids running their own junior newsroom (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/eb141601-e231-4e1a-9301-a61d58704312/journalist.webp)
Image: A boy writing sitcom ideas at his desk (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/abc3a93b-0474-4417-a68f-5358ae28fbd7/sitcom.webp)
Image: A girl performing stand-up comedy on stage (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/4d98cfdb-c9b9-4466-af1c-09b19c61c1ab/comedian.webp)

With AI as a creative partner, kids can become the poet, the writer and the artist.

They turn an idea into something they made while it still excites them. Play becomes the classroom.

Creativity that one-size-fits-all worksheets often miss finally gets room to grow, and the story stays theirs.

Tell, draw, dictate

Oral storytelling and mark-making come first for little ones.

Characters and sequence

Planners that help kids decide who, what and then what.

Sentence building

Starters and word banks that support without replacing their words.

Revise kindly

One question at a time: What could be clearer? What’s the funniest part?

Illustrative example

## Start with what they love

Choose an idea. See how it becomes three ways into their own story.

An adult asks · A dragon who hates toast

> “She keeps telling me about a dragon who hates toast. Help her plan it so she can tell or draw the whole thing.”

Three possible outputs

- Printable Character profile: likes, dislikes, secrets
- Cards What-happens-next picture cards
- Prompts Three questions for the storyteller

Image: A little green dragon in a chef hat staring at a plate of toast in a cozy stone kitchen (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/abf61627-49dd-463b-b43f-f66ba794758c/writing-dragon-toast.webp)

How Nookly works

## Made in five steps From child to finished thing, in five steps.

Step one

### First, Nookly gets to know the child.

Before anything is made, you tell Nookly who this child actually is — how they look, who lives in their house, the friends and pets they talk about, and what they are obsessed with this month. Everything Nookly creates later is built from this one profile.

Set up once. Reused in everything after.

- Image: Home illustration (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/a774c539-5761-4a78-bcbd-3a952a1a8487/parents.png)
  Home
  Mom, Dad and baby brother
- Image: Best friend illustration (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/ff10e1f7-58ee-40ac-b7d8-09380c4f651a/best-friend.webp)
  Best friend
  Chloe from school

Zara, age 5

Image: Zara, a five-year-old in a yellow t-shirt and blue jeans (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c643542c-94ce-4359-a039-8e583a8e3a7d/zara-cutout.webp)

- Image: Interests illustration (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/cdbfbdfc-31d7-4e60-a436-8e9d9a0a88be/dinosaur.png)
  Interests
  Dinosaurs, puddles and the colour red
- Image: Pets illustration (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/4dc672e4-23b9-43e1-afcc-a919cdcb6701/turtle.webp)
  Pets
  Biscuit, a very slow tortoise

Step 1 of 5

Learning bundles

## Storytelling bundles Bundles for young storytellers

Story starters, mysteries and family memory books that help kids shape a beginning, middle and end, and tell the stories that are theirs. Explore more ready-made ideas in Nookly’s public children’s learning resource library, the Neighborhood (https://my.nookly.com/marketplace/browse/).

**Want one made just for your child?** Subscribe below to personalize this bundle, or create your own around your child’s name, interests and goals.

Open Reading Comprehension Through Mystery Stories (https://my.nookly.com/marketplace/bundles/6ac38e17112b080ffca3cf03)

Story

Where Did the Class Pet Hide?

A classroom whodunit that gets kids hunting for clues and reading closely to crack the case.

Ages 5-6

### Reading Comprehension Through Mystery Stories: https://my.nookly.com/marketplace/bundles/6ac38e17112b080ffca3cf03

Turn reading into detective work: kids follow clues, make predictions, and read closely to solve a classroom mystery. Builds real comprehension through a story, matching clue cards, and a listen-and-guess podcast.

$7.99

Purchase bundle: https://my.nookly.com/marketplace/bundles/6ac38e17112b080ffca3cf03
Subscribe & personalize: https://my.nookly.com/membership/

Image: A child in a cape playing superhero, lifted by a grown-up (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/c7b09538-f014-433f-8925-5c8897ee7d05/kid-superhero-cape.jpg)

Beyond the screen

## Off the screen Take it off the screen

Stories live in pencils, paper and voices.

1. ### Car story relay
   Each person adds one sentence to a story on the drive. Write down the best line later.
   You’ll need: A car ride or a walk
2. ### Fridge-door comic
   Tape four sticky notes in a row. One drawing per note tells a mini story.
   You’ll need: Sticky notes, pens
3. ### You tell, I write
   Your child tells a story while you write every word. Read it back to them.
   You’ll need: Paper, ten minutes

### What's in the membership?

Personalized stories and learning experiences, guided by their family. Work toward a learning goal with a personalized plan, or create something for the moment they’re in.

- #### Personalized creations
  Stories, videos, songs, podcasts and activities made around the child in front of them.
- #### Learning plans
  A personalized learning plan, called a Blueprint, supports a goal the family chooses and helps the kid achieve it.
- #### Resources to explore
  Explore ready-to-use stories and activities, with personalization where available.

Subscribe now (https://my.nookly.com/membership)

## Ideas to try together Ideas for learning together

- Image: A little green dragon in a chef hat staring at a plate of toast in a cozy stone kitchen (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/abf61627-49dd-463b-b43f-f66ba794758c/writing-dragon-toast.webp)
  Guide
  ### The Dragon Refuses Breakfast: Making Room for Your Child’s Stories
  How to help kids get their own wild ideas onto the page.
  Read the article (https://nookly.com/learning/writing-storytelling-kids-their-ideas)
- Image: A curly-haired girl in a striped scarf smiling on a colorful schoolyard with friends playing behind her (https://nookly.com/__l5e/assets-v1/b4e77de0-b5ad-4c33-97a3-839a06989c99/writing-girl-scarf.webp)
  Comparison
  ### Nookly vs StoryJumper vs a Writing Notebook: Who Holds the Pencil?
  A book-making site, a paper notebook and a planning tool, compared by fit.
  Read the article (https://nookly.com/learning/nookly-vs-storyjumper-writing-notebook)

Give their idea somewhere to go

Start with the character they keep describing.

Create a story planner (https://my.nookly.com/create/)

## Questions? We l o v e those!

### Will Nookly write stories for my child?

### My child can’t write yet. Is this still useful?

### How do I help without taking over?

### Can we make it into a book?

### What about spelling mistakes?

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