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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

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

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

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.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

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

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

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.

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

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

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!

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

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

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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.

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