What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Give your fourth grader a head start in poetry with a simile writing activity that guides him in crafting a cute poem about the beloved family pet.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

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

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

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

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

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.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

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

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

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

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

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

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

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 an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.