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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

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

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

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.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

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.

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.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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.

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.