Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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

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

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

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! 

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

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

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!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.