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These simple yet stylish place cards will dazzle your guests and make fun conversation starters at dinner.

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

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

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

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.

Meant to be fun and inspiring, Oulipo N+7 challenges writers to create new writing, use language and enriches vocabulary, spelling and critical thinking.

Even for expert writers, this part of the college application process can be tough. Here's writing activity that will get your teen ready to tackle the task!

Challenge your child to create a lipogram, or a piece of writing that omits one specific letter. This activity strengthens writing and language skills.

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

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

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

Make a natural wooden peg board to sharpen your child's color skills. Help your little one ace her color matching skills with this natural wooden peg board.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

Practice measurement and proportion with your first grader, and in the process, make three scrumptious salads for you and your child to share on Mother's Day!

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Getting through to your tween or teen is a whole lot easier with a Family Journal that serves as an old-school, non-electronic form of communication.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

Want to go paperless this holiday season? Here's a delicious way to get your third grader started (and practice some writing in the process!)

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

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

Help your teen truly control his own destiny by having him write a 'Choose Your Own Adventure'-style story!

Here's a review of some common (and commonly confused) grammar terms, as well as a quick activity to apply them to reading and writing.

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