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If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

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:

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

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

This time-based word builder is the perfect way to boost your child's vocabulary. Mix and match letters to see how many words she can come up with!

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

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!

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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

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

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Problem-solving skills can be practiced and strengthened over time with puzzles such as Tangrams! In this activity, your child will discuss problem-solving strategies and practice using these strategies with Tangram puzzles.

Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.

This cut-out craft makes an elegant Mother's Day gift.

Teach your child about the importance of Labor Day by helping her learn about the different hats that are worn by workers in various occupations.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

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

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

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.