Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

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.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

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!

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

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.