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

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

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.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

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

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

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

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!

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

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

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

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

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

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.

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.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!