Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

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

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

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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.

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

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

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

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.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

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!

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

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.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.