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

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

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

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

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

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

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

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.

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 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.

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

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

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

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 reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

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.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

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.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."