For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

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.

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

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

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

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!

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:

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

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

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Here's a great activity that will bring out the performer in your child!

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

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

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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

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

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.

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