Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Help your kindergarten scientist understand the concept of surface tension with this simple science experiment.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Are you ready to be a detective for science? Then get out your magnifying glass and start studying fingerprints!

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

What makes your shadow dance around all day? Let's play detective and find out why that sneaky shadow never stays in one place for long.

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

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

What better dessert to serve on April Foolâs Day than cookie fish sticks? Make this fish stick meal for an unforgettable reaction.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

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

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Pizza for breakfast? Celebrate Father's Day with a fun filled cooking treat.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Help your first grader understand what a noun is with this fun photo book that catalogs her favorite people, places, and things!

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

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

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

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Transform a simple menu into a work of art! Let your child unleash her inner artist on tonight's menu for a beautiful display that the whole family can enjoy.

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