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."

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about 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 child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

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

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

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

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

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

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.

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

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

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

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.

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