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This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

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

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

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.

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

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.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

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

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.