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Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

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

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

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.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

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.

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces him to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

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.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

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.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.