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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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