Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

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

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

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

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

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

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

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

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

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

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

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

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

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

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

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.