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!

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

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

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.

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

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 middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

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

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

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!

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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

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

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

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

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

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

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

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

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