Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

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.

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

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

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

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

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

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

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.

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

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

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

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

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

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

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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!