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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.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Here's a fun game to practice strategies for acing the Reading Comprehension section of the SAT.

Celebrate Constitution Day by learning the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution!

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

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.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

In this challenge, students are tasked with creating a model roller coaster that a marble can travel through.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

Thoroughly research image search engines. Consider possible improvements for visual search engines. Help design better image-matching engines.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Creating a family newspaper is a great way to teach your child the characteristics of a newspaper article, give him or her some excellent writing practice.

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.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

Investigate the kinds of memories we tend to store and the emotions we store with them. Determine if memories have a strong emotional component.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

This family yearbook makes a great keepsake that memorializes your year together. Make a family yearbook with your kid to celebrate the passing of a great year.

Use a dichotomous key to identify plants or animals.

This experiment investigates whether font choice affects peoplesâ ability to remember the information that they read.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

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

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.

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Science fair project that studies how the brain transforms man-made symbols into meaningful concepts.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!