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.

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.

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

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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

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

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.

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 child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

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 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.

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

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

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! 

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

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.

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.

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.

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.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

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

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

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!