There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

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

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

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

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!

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

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.

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!

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

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

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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

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

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.

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

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

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

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

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.

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.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

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.

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

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.

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.

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