Choose favorite rhyming songs or nursery rhymes then replace the rhyming words with seasonal themes.
Find three fun online games that are designed to help children learn to recognize letters and how they sound.
Invite teens to explore issues that are important to them, and then write a script and film a video public service announcement.
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.
Encourage children to spend a little time thinking and writing about just what makes a hero and who their personal heroes might be.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Help children use favorite photos to write a homemade memory book.
From dishes to doors, find shapes all around you while strengthening important reading and math skills.
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.
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.
Want to visit a museum without leaving your computer? Virtually dig for famous historical artifacts from around the world found in the British Museum.
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.
Kids learn about weather sayings throughout history while writing and illustrating a book for younger children.
Brainstorm popular expressions with friends and family, then explore their meanings through game play and writing/drawing/cut-and-paste activities.
Create a treasure hunt out of word-puzzle clues hidden around the home or yard.
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.
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.