This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

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

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

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

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

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Here's a creative way to build second grade writing skills this Easter.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

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

In this activity, your child will discover their interests and special talents through performing, writing, and drawing.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

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