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Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

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.

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

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

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

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

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

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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!

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

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

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:

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

Here's an easy project: create a homework helper bookmark so your fourth grader can write down assignments and mark the pages he needs to read.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

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."

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

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.

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.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

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

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

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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