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Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

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.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

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

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

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

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

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

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

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

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

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.