Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

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.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Here are some kindergarten readiness activities that you can do with reused plastic bottle caps.

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Here's an activity that takes fourth grade reading and writing skills beyond the classroom to offer a warm welcome to a new neighbor.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.