If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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.

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

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.

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.

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

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.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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

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!

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

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

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.