Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist, incorporating the aspects of a friendly letter.

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

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

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.

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

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

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

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.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

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

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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 make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

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

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

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

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

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

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