Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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.

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.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

How can you get your child started if they're totally stumped? All it takes is a solid plan, man. Here's how to get started.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Make a photo essay! This fun middle school photography activity makes creative writing come to life by turning words into pictures.

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.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Which battery lasts the longest? In this science fair project, kids will test popular brand name batteries like Duracell and Energizer against generic brands.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

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

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!