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.

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

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 a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

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

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

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

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

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

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

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

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

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

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

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

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!