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

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.

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

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

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

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

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

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

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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

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

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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

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

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.

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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.

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

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

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