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Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

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.

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

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

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.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

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!

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

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