This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

The objective of this science fair project idea is to explore which brands of "anti-fade" shampoos work the best to keep hair color looking fresh.

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

With these days of the week flip flaps, your child has the chance to explore days of the week, track special and routine activities, and practice writing time.

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.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

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

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

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.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

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

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

This activity will have your child learning about dependent and independent clauses, not to mention the punctuation that goes in the middle.

Creating a family newspaper is a great way to teach your child the characteristics of a newspaper article, give him or her some excellent writing practice.