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.

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

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

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

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

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

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

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

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!