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See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

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

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

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.

Science fair project that examines albedo, and how this information is applied in the design of cars, sportswear, and other items. Which colors reflect light?

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.

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

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

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

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

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

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

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

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Want to do something a little different for Dad this year? Have your child design his very own Father's Day "Greatest Hits CD" card.

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

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.

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