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 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 score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

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.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

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

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

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

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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"?

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

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

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

This fall-themed missing letter activity is a great way to help your child learn the alphabet, build their vocabulary and bolster letter recognition skills.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!