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.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

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."

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.

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

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

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!

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

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

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

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.

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.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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

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

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

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

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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