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

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Halloween bingo is a fun Halloween word and symbol activity for ghosts and ghouls of all ages. Play Halloween bingo this October to get into the spooky spirit.

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

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.

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 have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

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

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

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

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

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.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

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

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

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

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

DIY gift tags make any holiday gift more special. Make these DIY gift tags with your child.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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