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.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

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!

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

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

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

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

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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

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