Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

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.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

The purpose of this science project is to investigate which will grow larger plants: compost, soil and Miracle - Gro, a mixture of both.

Help your kindergartener practice letter strokes while experimenting with the painting style of the great artist Mondrian.

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

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

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

The goal of this science fair project was to examine how different angles of decline affect the tipping point of a vehicle.