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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

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

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.

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

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!

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

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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

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.

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