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.

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.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

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

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

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

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

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

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 child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

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

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

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

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

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.