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Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

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

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.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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

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

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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.

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.

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

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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