Writing Activities : Page 2

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

This science fair project idea provide quantitative data about how well the use of ASL ( American Sign Language) works in communicating with babies.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

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!

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

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

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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!

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

Check out this hot project idea to culture bacteria and determine if the claims about the anti-bacterial properties of curry and cinnamon are true.