Want to make number skills second nature to your preschooler? Try these cheerful, "sunny" number flash cards!

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

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

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

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

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

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Which battery lasts the longest? In this science fair project, kids will test popular brand name batteries like Duracell and Energizer against generic brands.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

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.

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.

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

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.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

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.

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

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

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

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

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!