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

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

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

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

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

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

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

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

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

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

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.

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.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!