In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

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

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

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

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!

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

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

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Mad Libs are fun, but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story!

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

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

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 your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

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 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! 

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

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

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

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.

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.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.