Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

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

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

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 Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

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

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

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

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

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

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

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

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

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

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.

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.

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.

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