There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

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

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

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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 writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

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

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

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.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

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

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

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

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

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.

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

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.