For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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

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?

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

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

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.

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

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.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

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.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

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

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

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

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.