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.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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.

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

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

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."

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.

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

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

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

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

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

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

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

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.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.