Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

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

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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.

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

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.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Children who know the names and sounds of letters when they enter school, learn to read sooner. This activity uses a clothesline to work on alphabet sounds.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

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!

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

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.