Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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.

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

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

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.

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

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

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

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.

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

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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.

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

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

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.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

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.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.