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This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Your fifth grade aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Your spotlight-loving third or fourth grader will be delighted to play this improvisational game of freeze theater with family or friends.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.