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

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

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.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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

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.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

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

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.

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.

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.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!