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

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

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

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

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

Test products which claim to reduce wrinkles, and determine which is the most effective. Test effectiveness over three weeks, using a sample of volunteers.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

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

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

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

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.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

This improv exercise helps actors learn how to recover if another actor forgets their lines or goes off script, but it can also be a rainy day activity!

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

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

This experiment explores how listening in to a one-sided conversation affects concentration.

Free science fair project idea that examines cheating in school-age children. Project involves a task in which children are tested on various tasks.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

The objective of this science fair project is to determine whether drawing with the right side or the left side of your brain will produce a better picture.

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