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

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.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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.

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

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.