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

Winter is a great time to create a textured polar bear. Not only will your child gain practice identifying shapes, they'll also work on fine motor skills.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, she won't even realize she's learning!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

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.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

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

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and embracing a positive attitude throughout the holiday season.