Make some fairy tale felt board stories with your child the next time you're looking for a fun activity for a lazy afternoon.

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

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

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.

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

Teach your third grader about the concepts money and purchasing with this "Mock Card Shop" activity.

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

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

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

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

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

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

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

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Hearing true stories of compassionate people can be uplifting and inspiring! In this home activity, your child will hear a true story of compassion and then set goals to bring compassion to their home and/or community.

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.

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.

Get your kindergartener storytelling in this arts and crafts activity by making Character Cubes that'll help improve your child's reading and writing skills.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Children will create a "This is Me!" collage that will highlight their many gifts, talents, interests, and leadership skills.

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.

This craft, a perfect pre-bedtime activity for a first sleepover, helps build up a ton of useful skills, like geometry, measurement, and basic sewing skills.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.