Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

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! 

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

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

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.

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

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

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

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

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

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

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

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

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.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

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.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

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

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

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

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

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!

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