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

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

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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?

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

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.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

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

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

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.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

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

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

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!

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

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

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.

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.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

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.