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

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

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

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.

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.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

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!

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

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

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

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

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

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.

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!

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

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:

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.