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

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

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

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

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!

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

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

Can you win a staring contest? Would your performance be influenced by your eyesight? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

Looking for a simple, yet unique writing activity for your child on Valentine's Day? Try a hand at haiku!

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

How do you spell fun and learning? B-I-N-G-O! Children learn through play. And letter or number bingo is a great place to start.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

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

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.