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

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.

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.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Make a photo essay! This fun middle school photography activity makes creative writing come to life by turning words into pictures.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

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.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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:

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

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Put your kid to the test and have him compare and contrast elements in a narrative text by identifying how characters and situations are alike and different.