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

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

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

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

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

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

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

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