Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

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!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Give your emerging writer a better feel for terminal punctuation with this activity that will have her mix up punctuation marks in a favorite childhood book.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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.

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

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

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!

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

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!

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

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

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.

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

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

Have your child make a giant red poppy out of tissue paper in remembrance of the brave soldiers who served, especially those who died serving their countries.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

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

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.