Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

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

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

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

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

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

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

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

Help your kindergarten science maven explore the water cycle without getting everything wet.

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.

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.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Enlist the whole family and helpful friends in this heartwarming activity for Dad. Boost kids' writing skills in the process, too!

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Children will discuss what it means to have healthy friendships and create a unique friendship painting that illustrates the qualities of good friends.

Teach your child about the importance and meaning behind bowing in Asian cultures and help her expand her cultural horizons with this fun activity.

In this lesson, your child will watch a video on restorative justice, and together you will come up with ways your family can use restorative justice at home.

In this activity, your second grader will design her very own heart map to show what she's really made of.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.