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Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

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

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

This science fair project idea explores whether a person's ability to see under very dim lighting conditions diminishes with age.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

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

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Put your kid to the test and have him compare and contrast elements in a narrative text by identifying how characters and situations are alike and different.

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

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

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.