Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

If your fifth grader has a voracious appetite for reading, she'll be surprised to see many books she has devoured. Show her how to make a "100 Books" chart!

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

Social networking sites that promote reading, reviewing books, and sharing books with others are springing up all over, making reading fun again.

This science fair project idea examines reptile behavior and to determine whether reptiles are more active during warmer temperatures.

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

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Take play-dough to the next level with this homemade recipe, adding surprising ingredients perfect for summer!

Take the classic game to a new level, by including super fun directions inside the chalk-drawn boxes.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

Pump up the learning level of your kindergartener's summer break by playing patriotic bingo when July 4th rolls around.

Use adorable animal photos from books or magazines to make these simple valentines that can be given to classmates or friends.

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Find a mathematical relationship between the intensity of a sound wave and distance from the sound source. Use a pedometer and a sound level meter.

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

The ability to identify number patterns is one of the building blocks to success in higher-level math and this game is the perfect way to practice.

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.

Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

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!

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

The goal of this science fair project is to assess the acidity levels of common food and household products using pH test strips.

This science fair project ideaexplores whether cooking food destroys potential vitamin levels.