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

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.

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

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

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.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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 child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

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.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

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

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

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 fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

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

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.

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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.