Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

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!

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

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

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

Help your preschooler celebrate his big day by crafting a special, sparkly diploma frame to celebrate his achievement!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Make a textured name plate to hang on your preschooler's door!

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to explore which brands of "anti-fade" shampoos work the best to keep hair color looking fresh.

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

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Help your kid make beautiful coin rubbings to decorate a fun treasure box.