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!

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.

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

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

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

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.