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Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

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!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

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.

This experiment explores how listening in to a one-sided conversation affects concentration.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

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

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

Your child will love making this adorable clover clock that will help him learn how to tell time.

This science fair project idea provide quantitative data about how well the use of ASL ( American Sign Language) works in communicating with babies.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

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.

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.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

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

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!

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

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.

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

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