There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Which battery lasts the longest? In this science fair project, kids will test popular brand name batteries like Duracell and Energizer against generic brands.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

Determine if each hemisphere specializes in dealing with specific functions. Include illustrations of the brain, it hemispheres.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

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

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

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

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

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.

This improv exercise helps actors learn how to recover if another actor forgets their lines or goes off script, but it can also be a rainy day activity!