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

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!

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

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

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

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

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

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!

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

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

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

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

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

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

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

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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

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!