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

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

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

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!

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

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

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.

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!

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

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

This game will help your child write with more attention to detail.

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

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!

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

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

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

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

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.

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

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

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

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!