Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

This game turns prediction, a major component of third grade reading, into a fun game.

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

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

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.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

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

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

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

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

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

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.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

Wax paper hearts are a unique and glittery gift for a special friend on Valentine's Day. Make wax paper hearts with your child this February.

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

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.

Make a photo essay! This fun middle school photography activity makes creative writing come to life by turning words into pictures.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.