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

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

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

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!

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

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.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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

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.

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

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

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

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

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

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

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

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

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