Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.