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

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

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

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

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.

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

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.