Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

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

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

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

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

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

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

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

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

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.