Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

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

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Have your child make a giant red poppy out of tissue paper in remembrance of the brave soldiers who served, especially those who died serving their countries.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

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

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

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

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

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.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

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.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

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!

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

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

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

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.

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

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