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

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

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

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

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

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

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

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

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

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.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

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.

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.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

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.

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

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

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

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

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.