Practice Language Skills with a Dance Map!
Kick off your shoes and let's go! This activity will get child's mind and body moving!
Make a Photo Autobiography
This project is a double whammy: Not only will you and your kid create a beautiful keepsake, you'll also have a chance to spend some quality time together, reliving old memories.
Use Adjectives to Craft Season Shapes!
Get your child writing with this fun art activity! It's important for your second grader to practice writing paragraphs and her hone her grammar skills. In this activity, she'll do both as she uses adjectives to describe the four seasons on the back of four beautiful "season shapes"!
Complete the Christmas Story
Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break.
Write a Going Green Plan
Here's an authentic writing task that's perfect for Earth Day, or any day. In this activity, your kid's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.
Plan Stories with The Five-Finger Technique
Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for early compositions.
Write a Seasonal Alphabet Poem
Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have her practice letters while awakening her creative writing skills, too!
Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!
If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this parts of speech exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing, for both you and your child.
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