Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

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

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

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

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

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.

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

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Multiplication facts are a necessary skill, and this board game provides a fun way for your third grader to practice them!

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

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

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.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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

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

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

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.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

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.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.