Wax paper hearts are a unique and glittery gift for a special friend on Valentine's Day. Make wax paper hearts with your child this February.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

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

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

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

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

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

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

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

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

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

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!