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

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

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.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

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

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

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

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

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.

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.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

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.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

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

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

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

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!

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

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.