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Help your child construct and author a "sempuyo," a traditional Japanese book with accordion-style pages; she will develop her writing and fine motor skills.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Tea time is a chance for a lesson in etiquette while she plays. Quality time to read a book and talk about good manners.

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Your middle schooler's favorite book is being made into a motion picture, and she's the chosen designer. Help her create a movie poster to entice viewers.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

Your child will reflect on the term "beauty" and the things they are grateful for. They will read the book All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and reflect on how focusing on the small and big things of beauty around them can benefit themselves and others.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

Evaluate gender differences in processing visual information.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Homemade breakfast bars with chocolate and cherries make a tasty to-go breakfast for Valentine's Day. Whip up a batch of homemade breakfast bars with your kid.

This beaded wind chime is fun to make and it gets kids experimenting with patterns, a key kindergarten math skill.

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.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

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.

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

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

This kids' activity is fun to perform and impressive to watch. Plus, it's a great example of Newton's First Law of Motion at work.

If your fifth grader has a voracious appetite for reading, she'll be surprised to see many books she has devoured. Show her how to make a "100 Books" chart!

Social networking sites that promote reading, reviewing books, and sharing books with others are springing up all over, making reading fun again.

Make a treasure hunt for the kids complete with clues and theyâll be thrilled to find the gelt at the end of their search.