Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

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

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

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!

Here's a fun game that you can play at home to get your child thinking about prefixes and suffixes.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

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

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

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

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

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

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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

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!

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

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

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

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!