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.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

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

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

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.

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.

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!

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

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.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

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:

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

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.

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

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

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

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

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

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.

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

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