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Help a child learn to read. By making her own book, your kindergartener can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.
Make a Sight Word Book
Building Sentences
Kindergarten
Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.
Plan Stories with The Five-Finger Technique
Composition
Second Grade
Make a story summary folder with your child this summer to keep her mind sharp and to help her develop those critical thinking skills.
Create a Story Summary Folder
Composition
Second Grade
If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.
Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!
Grammar
Second Grade
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!
Create a Family How-to Guide
Composition
Third Grade
Make a unique birthday card for someone special using a name acronym! Think of words to describe the person that begin with each letter in her name.
Name Acrostic Poem
Composition
Second Grade
Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!
Practice Language Skills with a Dance Map!
Handwriting
Second Grade
Here's how to get started on reading and writing about the ways that science affects society.
How to Write Science Fiction
Creative Writing
High School
Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.
Write a Going Green Plan
Composition
Second Grade
Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.
Write a Safety Rules Manual
Composition
Second Grade
Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have her practice letters while awakening her creative writing skills, too!
Write a Seasonal Alphabet Poem
Composition
Second Grade
Encourage your fourth grader to develop her critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.
Create a Family Movie Guide
Composition
Fourth Grade
Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.
Sequence Strips: A Cool Way to Get Organized...Visually!
Handwriting
Third Grade
Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to 'root out' the meaning of a word!
Root Out the Meaning of Words
Composition
Fifth Grade
Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.
Sentence Stretchers: A Writing Tool
Composition
Fifth Grade

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