Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

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

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

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Gourd painting is a fun fall activity that makes for perfect Thanksgiving decorations. Try gourd painting with your child for some seasonal fun this autumn.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

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.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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.

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.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces students to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

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

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

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

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!