Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

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

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

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

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

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

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.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

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

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.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

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.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

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