Write an Echo Verse
Teach your kids about the ancient art of the Echo Verse. They'll give writing skills and creativity a boost as they write an Echo Verse of their own!
Get Metaphor and Simile Savvy Through Writing
How do literary devices work? Here's a review of simile, metaphor, and personification, and a fun, creative writing activity to make things like metaphor a piece of cake!
Make an Abbreviation Book
Recognizing common abbreviations is an important component to second grade language arts. Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide a great art lesson at the same time!
Make an Illustrated Vocabulary Book!
Memorizing new vocabulary can be tough, but getting creative with the process can be a big help. Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!
Grocery Store Decoding
Looking for a fun away to help your child practice sounding out words? Look no further than that stack of old magazines--product names are great for teaching word families!
Foil Embossing: "Popping" off the Page
Create interesting art that "pops" off the page! Foil embossing uses simple materials and tools to inspire your child to create an intricate and illuminating design filled with patterns, shapes, and pictures.
Make Chocolate Letters
Give learning the art of cursive an extra creative boost, by creating chocolate letters with your child. The finished letters look great on a cake or as a tasty treat on their own!
Create Picture Perfect Postcards!
Show your child how to create one-of-a-kind postcards from family photographs. As you write, address, stamp, and mail each postcard, your child will practice his emerging writing skills while learning the art of correspondence.
Write an "I Have a Dream" Speech!
Your child most likely has a dream: a vision for a bright future. How does she picture the world, from the blocks of her neighborhood to the far reaches of the globe?
A Field Guide to Grammar
Appositives? Clauses? Huh? Here's a review of some common (and commonly confused) grammar terms, as well as a quick activity to apply them to real life reading and writing.
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