Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

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

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

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.

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

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

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

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.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

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!

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.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

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

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

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

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

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.