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Help your kindergartener make and play a "Hop On Pop"-inspired card game--a fun way to learn word families!

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

In this arts and crafts activity, boost your kindergartener's letter recognition and reading skills by helping her create a paper word quilt.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

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.

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

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

Make a Tzedakah box with your child to collect money for his favorite charity. This Jewish Tredakah box is a great way to teach your child about giving.

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

In this activity, your child will discuss how to stand up for others, and they'll use pipe cleaners to design a symbol that reminds them to stand up for others.

Let your child set her artistic talent free with an easy, environmentally-friendly bottle cap mosaic.

Create a beautiful tissue paper lantern with your child to help brighten up a special occasion.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, she won't even realize she's learning!

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:

Help your kindergartener expand social studies and science work while creating this lovely bag clip for the holidays.

In this fun activity, your child will learn the difference between facts and opinions. They will design cards for a matching game that they create and play!

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

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Practicing letters and words by writing them out is all well and good, but spelling out your practice words with old puzzle pieces is a lot more fun!

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Rhymes are all around us! Get your kid in on this game of simple rhyming words. She'll match up cards with rhyming words and pictures on them.

In this activity, your child will be given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.