This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

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

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Gourd painting is a fun fall activity that makes for perfect Thanksgiving decorations. Try gourd painting with your child for some seasonal fun this autumn.

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Mad Libs are fun, but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story!

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.

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.