Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!