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Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

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

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

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

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

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

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

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

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.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

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.

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

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

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

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

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

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

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

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

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

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

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

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

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.