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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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! 

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

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

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

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

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.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

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.

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

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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