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

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.

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

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.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

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