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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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!

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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

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

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

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

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.

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.

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

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