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

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

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

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

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 be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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