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Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

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!

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

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

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

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.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

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

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

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

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

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.