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

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

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.

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

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!

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

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