Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

Act out the Three Billy Goats Gruff with this adorable paper plate mask.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

This activity uses the signs and words kids see around them every day, to create a book they can read on their own.

Help your child make sense of our colorful world with this easy-to-make color challenge!

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

Celebrate the coming of Spring and Earth Day with this 3-D art project that makes use of recycled materials.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

Sponges are easy to handle and fun to play with, and your child will love putting these simple, three-piece puzzles together.

Looking for a funky new way to paint? Try paint dough, a sparkling pasty paint made from just three kitchen ingredients!

Picking words out can be tricky. In this early reading activity, your child will place letter markers on a grid to make words appear out of the jumble.

Rhymes are all around us! Get your kid in on this game of simple rhyming words. She'll match up cards with rhyming words and pictures on them.

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 a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

Practicing letters and words by writing them out is all well and good, but spelling out your practice words with old puzzle pieces is a lot more fun!

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Homemade face paint is a safe and economical way to jazz up your Halloween costume. Even better, this easy-to-make face paint requires just three ingredients!

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

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:

Craft a winter words alphabet book to celebrate this chilly season in this preschool-kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

This reading activity combines some of the most common sight words with a pictograph puzzle that's sure to keep your kindergartener engaged.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.