Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

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.

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

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

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

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!

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

Want to do something a little different for Dad this year? Have your child design his very own Father's Day "Greatest Hits CD" card.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

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

Have your child make a giant red poppy out of tissue paper in remembrance of the brave soldiers who served, especially those who died serving their countries.

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.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.