Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

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! 

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Mad Libs are fun but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story himself!

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

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

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

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.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

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.

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

To help keep summer memories alive, have your fifth grader utilize their writing skills to create a summer book keepsake!

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

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