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.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

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

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

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.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

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

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

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

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

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

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

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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

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

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

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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