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This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

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.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

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

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

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.

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?

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

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

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

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.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

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

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

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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

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.