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

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.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

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."

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.

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.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

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

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

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.

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!

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

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.

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

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!

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book with silly sentences!

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.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.