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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!

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.

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!

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

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

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.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

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

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.

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

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

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

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

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

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.