Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

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

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Help your child learn about the various elements of a story by creating a play based on her favorite picture book.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

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.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Write to a deployed soldier to help your child practice reading, writing, and get a better understanding of what it means to serve our country.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces students to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

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

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

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.