Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.

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

Get your reluctant teen excited about writing: by alternating "found" phrases from a favorite book with his own writing, he'll create a unique, profound poem.

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Help your teen truly control his own destiny by having him write a 'Choose Your Own Adventure'-style story!

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Getting through to your tween or teen is a whole lot easier with a Family Journal that serves as an old-school, non-electronic form of communication.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Baking these fun cookies will introduce your child to the concept of cross-sections.

In this activity, create a poem that emerges from the collaboration of parent and teen in the activity of observing, discussing, reading, and writing.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Run, run as fast as you canâto create this felt gingerbread man! Bring this beloved tale to life with felt, cardstock and brightly colored decorations.

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

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.