Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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

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

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

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

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

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:

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

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

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

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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

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

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

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.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

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

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

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.

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

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.

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

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.