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

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

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

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.

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

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

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

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

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

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

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

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.

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

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

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

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

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

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

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

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

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.

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

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

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.