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This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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

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

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

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.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

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

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.