Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

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

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.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

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

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

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.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

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

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

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

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

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

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.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

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

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