This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

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

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

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

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.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

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

Gourd painting is a fun fall activity that makes for perfect Thanksgiving decorations. Try gourd painting with your child for some seasonal fun this autumn.

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

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

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.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.