Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures.

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

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."

Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide an opportunity for her to exercise her artistic abilities.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

Make going back to school fun with this surprising pop up book, perfect for first graders!

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

Help your first grader understand what a noun is with this fun photo book that catalogs her favorite people, places, and things!

Celebrate the new year by making a memory book with your child! You'll reinforce time and calendar concepts and you'll get to reminisce about the past year.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

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

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

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!

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

This candy cane holder craft helps your little one make a spot for safekeeping sweet treats. Make a candy cane holder with your child this holiday season.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

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