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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

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!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

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:

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Textbook studying doesn't have to be a slog. Here's an at-home activity for before your middle-schooler begins those end-of-the-chapter review questions.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

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

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.