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

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

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

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

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

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

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

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

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

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

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

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.

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

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.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.