Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

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.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

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

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

The project determines which laundry detergent is best for cleaning clothes.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

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!

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

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 create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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.

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

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

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

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.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

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

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.