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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

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

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces him to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

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

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

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

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

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

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

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.

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

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

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

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

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

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

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

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

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.

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

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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!