Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

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.

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

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.

Here's a fun activity that will allow your child to express himself by making a flag of his own design, then writing an accompanying story.

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Give your child a glimpse of how another set of students approach reading by teaching him how the blind use braille.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by making personalized art out of some Celtic letters.

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.

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

Help your first grader understand what a noun is with this fun photo book that catalogs her favorite people, places, and things!

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Using low-tech supplies and a little extra ingenuity you can help your fourth grader create this unique, heartfelt Valentine card.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

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.

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!