Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

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.

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

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

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

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.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

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

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

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.

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

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

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

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

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

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.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!