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Grades
K - 2
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Add Seasons to Rhyming Poems and Songs

Choose favorite rhyming songs or nursery rhymes then replace the rhyming words with seasonal themes.

Grades
K - 2
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Practice Letters and Sounds Using Online Games

Find three fun online games that are designed to help children learn to recognize letters and how they sound.

Grades
7 - 12
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MyTube: Make a Video Public Service Announcement

Invite teens to explore issues that are important to them, and then write a script and film a video public service announcement.

Grades
7 - 12
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Music in Movies: You Pick the Soundtrack

Explore how music can have an emotional impact on a scene in a movie, then help teens write and film a scene of their own.

Grades
6 - 8
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Celebrate Heroes

Encourage children to spend a little time thinking and writing about just what makes a hero and who their personal heroes might be.

Grades
7 - 12
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Create a Career Blog

This activity invites children and teens to explore various careers and then write about what they might want to be when they grow up in a blog.

Grades
5 - 10
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Make a Magnetic Poetry Set

Let children practice using different types of words in a fill-in-the-blank-story game before making their own word list for a magnetic poetry set.

Grades
5 - 8
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Explore Point of View in Fairy Tales

Explore fairy tales told in both old and new ways and use an online tool to help children create their own "fractured" version of a fairy tale.

Grades
5 - 8
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Make a Mystery Puzzle

Have children explore the different parts of mystery writing by making a puzzle about a favorite book. They can then invent and write their own mysteries using the online Mystery Cube tool.

Grades
K - 2
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All About Me! Use Photos to Write Stories

Help children use favorite photos to write a homemade memory book.

Grades
K - 2
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We're Going on a Shape Hunt!

From dishes to doors, find shapes all around you while strengthening important reading and math skills.

Grades
K - 2
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Cooking and Creating in the Kitchen

After reading If You Give a Moose a Muffin, have a "Muffin Party"! Children will write invitations, follow a recipe, and enjoy sharing their homemade muffins.

Grades
K - 2
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Take a Closer Look: Write Around the Room

With a piece of paper and a pen, kids can learn anywhere! This activity gets kids writing, looking closely at letters, and learning some new words in any room of the house.

Grades
1 - 4
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Become a Young Archaeologist

Want to visit a museum without leaving your computer? Virtually dig for famous historical artifacts from around the world found in the British Museum.

Grades
3 - 8
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Amazing Biographies: Writing About People Who Change the World

After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.

Grades
7 - 12
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It's Raining Cats and Dogs! Make a Children's Book about the Weather

Kids learn about weather sayings throughout history while writing and illustrating a book for younger children.

Grades
4 - 8
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Unveiling Idioms: A Game of Concentration

Brainstorm popular expressions with friends and family, then explore their meanings through game play and writing/drawing/cut-and-paste activities.

Grades
3 - 8
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Follow the Word Trail: Organize a Treasure Hunt

Create a treasure hunt out of word-puzzle clues hidden around the home or yard.

Grades
3 - 8
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Send a Smile: Make a Card for a Special Occasion

Everyone loves getting a greeting card, especially if it's homemade. Make a funny or thoughtful greeting card or invitation with pictures and a poem, joke, or riddle.

Grades
K - 6
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The Natural World as Inspiration: An Outdoor Art Show

Children incorporate materials from outdoors with paints or crayons to create pieces of art to display on their clotheslines, fences, or porches for a neighborhood art show.

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