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.

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 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!

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.

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

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!

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

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

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.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

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.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.