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

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!

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.

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

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