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.

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

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

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.

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.

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

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! 

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

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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

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

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

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

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 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.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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