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

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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