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

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.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

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

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

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

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

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.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!