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

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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

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.

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

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

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

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

The project determines which laundry detergent is best for cleaning clothes.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

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

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!

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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.

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

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

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills