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Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

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

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

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

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.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

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

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

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

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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.

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

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

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

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

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.

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