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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

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

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

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!

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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