Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

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

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

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

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.