With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

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

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

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

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!