With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

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.

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

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.

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

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

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!

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

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

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

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

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

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

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!

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.