Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

This project examines whether playing music during class helps students learn or if it distracts students from learning.

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

Strong writing engages all five senses, and this fabulous fall-themed simile activity is the perfect way to celebrate sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Let your young scientist explore a brave new world of sound with an experiment that just requires a handful of common household items.

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

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

Give your child a glimpse of how another set of students approach reading by teaching him how the blind use braille.

Being present is essential for learning, so help your child become more aware of their body and surroundings through an activity called "mindful walking."

What causes sound? Here's a simple science experiment that adds a visual element to the science of sound to help kids better understand this tricky concept.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

Help your kid get a handle on punctuation by challenging her to create a story that's truly out of this world.

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

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

Using a toy race car kids create a visual model of the Doppler Effect.

The objective of this science fair project idea is to determine if sound travels best through the air, water or a solid.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

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

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This biodiversity project examines the biodiversity in your own backyard.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!