With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

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!

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

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.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

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.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

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:

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Here's an adorable kindergarten refrigerator magnet that celebrates the glories of the letter "B" and benefits your early reader.