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

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

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

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

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

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

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

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

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

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.

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

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

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!

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

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

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

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.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

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

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?