By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

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.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Here's a creative and engaging activity to get your child on track with that pesky little line.

Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around with this fun game.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

While kids learn when they can see or hear, they learn better when they can touch, too! Get your preschooler's fingers walking the alphabet today!

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.

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

Help your child learn about the various elements of a story by creating a play based on her favorite picture book.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

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

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

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

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

In this activity, you will create a magical box to help your child learn her letter sounds. Here's how to play the Abracadabra learning game!

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

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

Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your kid learn her the different parts of speech in a fun way!

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.