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! 

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

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

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

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.

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.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

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.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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

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.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

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

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how: