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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.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

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.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

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

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

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

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

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Run, run as fast as you canâto create this felt gingerbread man! Bring this beloved tale to life with felt, cardstock and brightly colored decorations.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Make this spring break a memorable one by creating a "growth" flower with your child, also great for your second grader's writing practice!

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

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!

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

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.