This document contains 50 journal prompts for the month of April. The prompts encourage writing about experiences related to April Fools' Day, rainy days, spring weather, Easter, cleaning, finding buried items, health, sports, travel by hot air balloon, the future, helping others, environmental protection, spending time without technology, helping friends, survival in floods, a world where people walk on their hands and knees, making the world a better place, teaching topics of interest, choosing a pet, being a superhero, experiences at the zoo, self-description, improving skills, living without light, and attending a concert or game with free tickets.

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Today is April Fools Day.
Think about a prank that has been
played on you or a friend.
Write about the prank and describe
what happened.
Think about staying home on a rainy
day.
Write about your favorite things to do
on a rainy day.
An umbrella can be used to protect you
from the rain and sunlight.
Write about some weird, interesting
and funny ways that you could use an
umbrella.

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Think about the water cycle.
Write about why you think rain is
important on the Earth.
The temperature starts to get warmer in
the spring.
Write about some of your favorite
things to do in the warm weather.
Easter celebrates Jesus Christ being
raised from the dead.
Write about a miracle that you have
seen in your life.

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Spring is a great time to clean your
house.
Tell about a time when you cleaned
your house and describe some
different chores that you did.
Imagine that you are planting flowers in
your yard and find a really old tiny box.
Write about finding this box and what
you think might be in it.
It is important to start the day off with a
healthy breakfast.
Write about some different ways to stay
healthy.

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Sports are a great way to stay fit and
remain healthy.
Write about your favorite sport and why
you like it.
Imagine that you are in a giant hot air
balloon.
Write about where you would travel and
what it would be like to be way up high.
A computer is a great tool that can be
used for many different things.
Write about your favorite thing to do on
the computer.

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Imagine that you fell asleep and woke
up 50 years later.
Write about what life would be like in
the future.
Imagine that someone gave you 1
Million Dollars.
List 10 different ways you could give
that money to people in need.
Have you ever had to help a friend?
Write about a time when you helped a
friend.

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Think about our amazing planet Earth.
Write about some different ways that
we can help protect our planet.
Imagine a world with no TV and no
video games.
Write about some fun things that you
could do with your friends.
Imagine that you have a big lunch and
5 dollars for an ice cream.
Then, you find out that your friend does
not even have a lunch.
Write about what you would do?

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It can be fun to make something or
invent something new.
Write about a time when you made
something or created something.
Imagine that it rained for 10 days and
there was a huge flood.
Write about what you would do to
survive in the flood.
Imagine if everyone on the planet
walked on their hands and knees.
Write about how the world would be
different if we walked on our hands and
knees.

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Earth Day is a great time to think about
how wonderful our planet is.
Write about something you want to do
to make this world a better place.
Imagine that you could teach someone
about any topic.
Write about what you would want to
teach and why.
Think about all the interesting types of
pets.
Write about whether you would want to
have a spider, a mouse, or a bunny for
a pet.

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Imagine that you were a superhero.
Write about your super powers and
then draw a picture of what you would
look like.
Think about a time that you went to the
zoo or saw animals in the wild.
Write about your experience seeing
these animals.
Choose three words to describe
yourself.
Write about why you chose these
words.

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What is one thing that you wish you
could do better.
Write about something that you would
like to improve and how you could get
better at it.
Imagine living without any light bulbs
in your house.
Write about what life would be like
without any light.
Imagine that you were given free
tickets to a music concert or sports
game.
Write about what the tickets would say
and where you would go.