Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

With these days of the week flip flaps, your child has the chance to explore days of the week, track special and routine activities, and practice writing time.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

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

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Discover whether cheap saline solution bottle cleans and disinfects just as well as more expensive kinds formulated with different ingredients.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

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

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!

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

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

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list 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!

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Check out this hot project idea to culture bacteria and determine if the claims about the anti-bacterial properties of curry and cinnamon are true.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

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

Introduce your child to the symbols of fall with this easy-to-make matching game that will hone observational skills and increase your kid's attention span.

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

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!

While kids learn when they can see or hear, they learn better when they can touch, too! Get your preschooler's fingers walking the alphabet today!