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

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

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

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

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

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

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

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.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

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

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

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

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

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

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

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

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!

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

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.