Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

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

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

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

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

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

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.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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

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

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

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

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

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

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.