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 a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

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.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

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

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

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

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

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

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

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

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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.

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!

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