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

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

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

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

What are your young artistÃs favorite Halloween monsters? In this activity he will pick out his three favorites and create a trio of silly self-portraits.

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Make a phonics paper egg to help your child build up his reading and writing skills.

Help your child get more comfortable with rhyme schemes with The Bear in Despair by Amanda Bray Cody.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

This family photo calendar can be made by your second grader. Make a family photo calendar with your child to celebrate another year together.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Got a whistful wisher on your hands? Help her make her very own magic wand! The result is a creative craft that's great for pretend play.

Construct cute baby chicks with nothing but fuzzy pom-poms and an assortment of other craft supplies.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Learn about this simple machine and make a pulley of your own to use for fun science trials.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Not only will you and your kindergartener create a beautiful photo keepsake, you'll also have the chance to spend time together and relive special memories.

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

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.