Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Take a fun and simple look at the concept of parallel lines with your child. This art activity is great for fine motor skills and perfect for Valentine's Day!

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

In this activity, children will write letters to their future selves and draw encouraging pictures. These letters will be given to back to them at a future time when they are in need of some encouragement and kind reminders.

In this activity, you and your child will practice taking a movement or calming break during homework or when feeling tired. Then, your child will write about and draw what the experience was like for them.

In this activity, your child will write and draw about a time when they acted in ways that illustrated responsibility, kindness, or integrity. They will also reflect on what it felt like to have control over their choices and behaviors.

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

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

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

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

In this lesson, your child will reflect on, draw, and collect things that make them feel happy and peaceful.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

In this activity, students will draw a picture of the things they like to listen to at home using their superpower sense of mindful listening.