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

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

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

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

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

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

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 create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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

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

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.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

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.

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

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

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.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.