In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

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

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 your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

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!

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

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

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!

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Here's a fun activity that will give your child a way to develop his sentences, making them more detailed and interesting.

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