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.

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

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

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

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!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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

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.

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.