Writing Activities : Page 3

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

This improv exercise helps actors learn how to recover if another actor forgets their lines or goes off script, but it can also be a rainy day activity!

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Study the anatomy of the brain and the functions of the corpus callosum. Research split brain surgery and its impact on advances in neuroscience.

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Discover which absorbent material is the best; the Shamwow, paper towels, or cotton towels.