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

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

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.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

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.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

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.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

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.

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