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! 

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

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

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.

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!

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.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

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

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

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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.

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.

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.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

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

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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

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

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