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Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

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.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

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 navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

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 child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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.

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.

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

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

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.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

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

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

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.

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

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