This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

Help your kid create a patriotic red, white, and blue flag banner! On each flag have him write a different word that describes our veterans or fallen soldiers.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

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 activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

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

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.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

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

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Give mom a thoughtful gift this Mother's Day by making a photo collage of her life! This is a great way for your child to practice some basic math skills too!

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.