Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

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.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

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

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

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

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Help your child learn about the various elements of a story by creating a play based on her favorite picture book.

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

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!

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

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:

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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.

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

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.

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