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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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.

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

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

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

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

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

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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

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

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

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.

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