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

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

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.

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

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

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

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

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.

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

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

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

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

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

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

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

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!

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

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.

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

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

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

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