Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

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

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

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

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

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

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.

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.

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

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

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

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.

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

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

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

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.

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

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

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.