Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

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.

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

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."

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

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 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.

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

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

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

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

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

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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.

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.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!