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Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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

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

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

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

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.