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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.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

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.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

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

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Want to do something a little different for Dad this year? Have your child design his very own Father's Day "Greatest Hits CD" card.

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

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

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

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 delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

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

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.