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

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!

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

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.

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

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

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.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

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

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!

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

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.

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.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

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

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

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

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