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.

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.

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

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

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

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

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!

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

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

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.