As your child plays photographer, snapping pictures around the yard, he'll also be practicing recognizing letter sounds, which will help him learn to read.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

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

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.

Help your preschooler celebrate his big day by crafting a special, sparkly diploma frame to celebrate his achievement!

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

After the party and presents, there's just one more thing for your child to do: thank you notes!

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Creating a family newspaper is a great way to teach your child the characteristics of a newspaper article, give him or her some excellent writing practice.

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

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

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

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

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

Test products which claim to reduce wrinkles, and determine which is the most effective. Test effectiveness over three weeks, using a sample of volunteers.

This science fair project idea raises awareness of a real ecological issue.