Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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.

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.

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

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

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

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

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

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

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

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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