In this activity, you can discuss with teens how they can tell the "good" characters from the "bad" ones by watching for clues that the movie makers have left.

This activity will help teens create a professional resume that effectively presents their skills and talents to future employers.

This activity guides teens in reaching out to authors of books they love by composing personal letters or connecting to authors through their websites or blogs.

Visit a museum or art gallery (either online or in person) with children and teens, helping them find inspiration for a story based on a piece of art that they particularly enjoy or relate to.

After reading a book or magazine, children and teens can choose a section and transform it into what's known as a "found poem."

Invite young adults to write letters to classmates, postcards from travels, and e-mails to family and friends.

Before seeing a film based on a book, classic or contemporary, children can learn about filmmaking and create their own scenes based on their favorite moments from the book.

Invite children and teens to create a travel brochure to share information about a special place with others.

Encourage children and teens to make healthful food choices by having them explore the foods they eat and the ways those foods are advertised.

Using published comics and cartoons as examples, children can create their own while playing with images and language.

Sort through your junk mail and talk about what you find for a fun literacy activity before recycling it!

Children can interview family members and make an illustrated timeline of the most important family events and memories.

Plan a visit to a library to discover more about this magical place.

Playing board games or card games can be a fun activity, so why not make your own?

Children will draw on their knowledge of story structure and fairy tales to write their own.

These activities will have children reading signs, logos, brand names, and other words all over their home and community.

Work together, create a bingo board that can be played while walking around town, going to the zoo or a museum, or traveling on a vacation.

In this activity, children go on a hunt for places where they can read and enjoy books: on a family road trip, at the pool, at the doctor's office.

In this activity, children write short everyday notes, to remind, plan, request, or compliment others.

Act out a story after reading it. Work together to create a script and make costumes and props. Then invite others to watch and hear your story!