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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.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Time is an abstract concept that's difficult to grasp. But waiting for the turkey to come out of the oven on Thanksgiving is a concretely yummy experience.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!