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Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

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

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

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

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

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.

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

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

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

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.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

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

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

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.