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Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Run, run as fast as you canâto create this felt gingerbread man! Bring this beloved tale to life with felt, cardstock and brightly colored decorations.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

Make this spring break a memorable one by creating a "growth" flower with your child, also great for your second grader's writing practice!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

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.

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

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

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

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

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

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.

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

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.

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

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.

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.