Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

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.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

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

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.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

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

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.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

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

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

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

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!

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.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

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

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started: