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Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

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

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

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will hear the story Zoo Zen: A Yoga Story for Kids, learn the benefits of yoga, and create their own yoga sequence to teach someone else.

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

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

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

In this activity, your child will hear a story and practice mindful breathing. They will paint a picture that reminds them to bring mindfulness and kindness to their puppy mind.

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.

Hearing true stories of compassionate people can be uplifting and inspiring! In this home activity, your child will hear a true story of compassion and then set goals to bring compassion to their home and/or community.

Nature is so generous to us all. How often do we reflect and thank nature? In this activity, children will engage with the classic story, The Giving Tree, and actively practice gratitude in nature for trees and all that trees do for us!

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

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

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

In this activity, your child will explore what it means and how it feels to live in a community.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

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