Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Mad Libs are fun, but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story!

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

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

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.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Want to do something a little different for Dad this year? Have your child design his very own Father's Day "Greatest Hits CD" card.

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

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

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!