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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.