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This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

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.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

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

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

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.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

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

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.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

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 first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

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