Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

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

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

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.

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.

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces students to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.