Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

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

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

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.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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!

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

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

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

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!

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

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

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

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.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.