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

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

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

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

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

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.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

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

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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

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

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

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

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!

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

The project determines which laundry detergent is best for cleaning clothes.

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

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!

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.