Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

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

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

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!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

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.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

This science fair project idea explores the relationship between oil and water in terms of density as well as hydrophilic/hydrophobic compounds.

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

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!

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

The project determines which laundry detergent is best for cleaning clothes.