A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

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.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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

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

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

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

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

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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!

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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!

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

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.

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