Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

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.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

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.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

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.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

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

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

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

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

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

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

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 fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

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.

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

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

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

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

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