Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

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

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

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

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

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

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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

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

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.

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

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.

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 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.

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

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

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

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

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

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.

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.

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

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

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

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

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