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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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