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.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

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

Let your child play with scissors! Put them to work, creating a book that will keep them busy, and help them practice their letters, too.

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

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.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

Boost your child's early literacy skills and create alphabet tiles she can play and practice with - great reinforcement for ABC's, phonics and writing!

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Look for correlation between pH values of commercial soaps and detergents and manufacturer claims about eye irritation hazards.

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.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

Help your child learn grammar the fun way with this engaging clothespin game!

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

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.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.