In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

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

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

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

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

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

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

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.

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

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

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.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

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.