Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

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.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

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.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

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

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.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

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

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

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.

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

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

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

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.