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

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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

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

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

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

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 child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

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

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

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.

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.

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.

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

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

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

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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 you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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