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

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

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

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

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

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.

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

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.

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!

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

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

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

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

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

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!