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

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

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.

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

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

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.

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!

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.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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.

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

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

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

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.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

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

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.