Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

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.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

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

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f