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.

Talk about ice cream while helping your 4th grader work on crucial punctuation skills.

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

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.

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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

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

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

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

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

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.

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

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

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

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

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

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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.

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

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

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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!