For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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

Test products which claim to reduce wrinkles, and determine which is the most effective. Test effectiveness over three weeks, using a sample of volunteers.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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.

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?

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

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

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.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

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.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

This project examines whether more expensive golf balls translate into better results on the golf course.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

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

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.

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

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

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!