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

Kids write about their favorite parts of school in 100 words to celebrate 100 days of school in this 5th grade writing activity.

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

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

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

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.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

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

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

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

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

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

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

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

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.

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

Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.

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

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

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

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

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

In this activity, your child will discover their interests and special talents through performing, writing, and drawing.

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

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

Is your fifth grader trying overnight camp this summer? If so, prepare your child for writing a letter home with this activity!

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.