A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

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.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

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

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

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.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

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

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

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

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.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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

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!

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

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

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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