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.

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.

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.

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

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.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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

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.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

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

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.

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

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

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.

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

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

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.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.