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

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.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

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

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

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

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.