Reading informational texts is a crucial part of education. This series can help your child think critically about U.S. history. He'll respond to passages, analyze events and learn new vocabulary.

Get your fifth grader to love writing with these creative writing prompts. Students will practice building stories, and can find inspiration from great authors such as Jack London or Mark Twain.

Go long for this collection of vowel sheets focused on long vowel sounds. Kids will work with some common long vowel words and then practice identifying long vowels versus short vowels.

This workbook helps rising third graders brush up on their skills over the summer months by engaging them with targeted practice in core subjects, including word study, math, reading and writing.

With this set kids can observe clouds to constellations, flowers to photosynthesis. Build a love of the great outdoors and spend time outside as you learn basic concepts of earth science.

Building a good vocabulary is an important step in becoming a great writer. Here are 17 awesome vocabulary and spelling lists that can help your child grow into a well-spoken scholar.

Knowing your parts of speech is an important part of learning good writing skills. Learn the ins and outs of words with this packet that covers the eight different parts of speech.

Things are jumbled up at the newspaper! Your child has the know-how with the help of this workbook to set things right. Review grammar rules and practice composition through reading passages.

This workbook is swift to get through, much like the mushers who participated in The Great Race of Mercy. Through reading passages and math problems learn about the event that saved lives.

This yummy workbook shows that playing with food isn't always bad! Your young learner will be hungry for more after completing these culinary worksheets, sampling math, reading and writing practice.

Swashbuckling stories sighted! Travel the seas with these reading pages on real figures from history, with the coloring and cutting projects your child needs to bring his pirate alter-ego to life.

Celebrate the Summer Olympics with this activity book. Learn some history, get to know Olympic athletes and ready yourself with all the tools you need to host your very own backyard games!

Meet mythical creatures from all around the world with these creative writing prompts. Tell a story from a monster's perspective, trek the Himalayas with a yeti and create your own monster too!

Kids can go on a daily writing adventure with a month's worth of prompts to keep writing skills sharp. Invent an animal, write a recipe, make three wishes, and more!

Travel the major cities of the world without leaving home! Children can use the text provided, along with their own creativity, to create travel brochures for cities like Paris, Tokyo, and Oslo.

Dive into reading with these short biographies. Your second grader will love learning about the people who have shaped America, while honing his reading and unscrambling skills.

Whip up a flurry of creativity with these writing prompts; a perfect addition to any writer's journal. Play with story cards, write out winter goals and go on writing adventures in winter scenarios.

Pay homage to our majestic, leafy companions with this series about trees. Kids can learn about the structure of trees, identify different leaf types and reflect on the many gifts that trees give.

No need to knock on wood, this book just takes a page from common superstitions to give kids great writing practice! They can consider some origins as they read and write about different beliefs.

Did you know there are 6 simple machines that make up every complicated gizmo out there? This book introduces the pulley, the lever, the screw, the wedge, the inclined plane and the wheel & axle.

In this workbook children can color their way through a few of the most common colors! They'll boost their vocabulary as they listen to, or recognize, words and objects associated with certain colors.

Reading without the bah-humbugs: take a look at "A Christmas Carol" with story pages young readers can bring to life with color, and step-by-step analysis pages to get them thinking.

This busy book landed at the gates for learning! Pencil this into the itinerary for a plane ride or just to talk about transportation with your kids. Mazes, word puzzles, and coloring keep fun aloft.

Words are all around. Each one has a name all its own. There are words for positions, words that connect, words for you, me and it! This workbook practices some of the shortest but important ones.

Boost summer learning with a mix of sports-themed pages, from coloring to Sudoku. Kids will be inspired to stay active this summer, plus they can sneak in some math, logic and fine motor practice too!

What is a literary genre? In this book, thumb through interesting quotes and the most popular genres. Your child has a chance to flex writing skills in a fun way as he analyzes what makes each unique.

Education.com is proud to introduce our first-ever coloring page contest! We loved all of the dogs that were sent in by our users. We've hand-picked our favorite 20 pups and they are ready to play.

This workbook is a festive way to work on reading comprehension strategies.

This workbook helps rising fifth graders brush up on key skills from fourth grade so they're ready to start fifth grade!