Make some fairy tale felt board stories with your child the next time you're looking for a fun activity for a lazy afternoon.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

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

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

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.

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Hearing true stories of compassionate people can be uplifting and inspiring! In this home activity, your child will hear a true story of compassion and then set goals to bring compassion to their home and/or community.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

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

Geared toward kindergarten and first grade learners, The Weather Inside is a fun activity to help help children understand and process their emotions in a healthy way.

Use your cookie cutters with jello to have the kids create a story with the shapes they choose.

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Not only will you and your kindergartener create a beautiful photo keepsake, you'll also have the chance to spend time together and relive special memories.

Get your kindergartener storytelling in this arts and crafts activity by making Character Cubes that'll help improve your child's reading and writing skills.

Got a shoelace? Got a kindergartener? Help your child learn to use the number line by creating one out of a lace.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This flannel board will give your child hands-on practice with math, but in a fun format, full of ladybugs.

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

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

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.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.