Is your fifth grader trying overnight camp this summer? If so, prepare your child for writing a letter home with this activity!

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Introduce your fifth grader to the irresistible fun of string art with this letter project!

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

The Earth is always providing in so many ways! In this activity, children reflect on how the Earth gives and on their love for the Earth through discussion and letter writing.

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

It's not always bad to think negatively -- step into the creative and unique world of negative space drawing!

This Santa Lucia crown is a beautiful craft for your child during the holiday season. Wear a Santa Lucia crown on St. Lucy's Day, December 13th.

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.

Your child will learn a whole alphabet of different jobs while they complete this brain-teaser chart just in time to celebrate Labor Day!

Keep your clever kid occupied with this tricky grille cipher.

How can we make healthy choices and be thoughtful in our actions? In this social emotional learning activity, your child will reflect on making tough choices and the questions to ask in order to help make healthy choices.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

Geometric shapes can often be tough to remember. But, with a little bit of art, imagination, and writing, practicing geometry has never been so much fun!

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Be an inspector detective for a day in this fun mystery game that puts your child's powers of observation to the test. Perfect for a party or group gathering.

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

Boost your child's listening, verbal and teamwork skills with this unique trust game in which one player guides another through a maze using only words.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

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

Next time you're headed out on the road with your fourth grader, try this alphabet-geography game that the whole family can play.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

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

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Help your child create a piece of spring art by shaking up the traditional silhouette art form with a colorful collage background and vibrant spring color.