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

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

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.

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.

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

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

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.

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

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.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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

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

Wax paper hearts are a unique and glittery gift for a special friend on Valentine's Day. Make wax paper hearts with your child this February.

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

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

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