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Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

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

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

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

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

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

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

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.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

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

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

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.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

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

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

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

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.