This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

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

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

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

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.

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.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

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

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

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

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

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

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

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

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

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

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

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.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

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

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

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

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

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.