If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

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

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

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

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

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

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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.

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.

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.

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

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

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.

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.

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

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.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

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.

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