With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

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.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

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

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

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

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

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

Help your child learn about the various elements of a story by creating a play based on her favorite picture book.