Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

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.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

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

This improv exercise helps actors learn how to recover if another actor forgets their lines or goes off script, but it can also be a rainy day activity!

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Show your teen how to create silly limericks--cheery comic verses that probably originated in Limerick, Ireland--of her own.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

This experiment explores how listening in to a one-sided conversation affects concentration.

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

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

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

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

Boost your child's early literacy skills and create alphabet tiles she can play and practice with - great reinforcement for ABC's, phonics and writing!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Study the anatomy of the brain and the functions of the corpus callosum. Research split brain surgery and its impact on advances in neuroscience.

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

Discover which absorbent material is the best; the Shamwow, paper towels, or cotton towels.

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

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious 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.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!