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Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

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

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

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

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

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

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

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

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

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!

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your child with the directional vocabulary he should master in time for kindergarten.

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

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.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.