Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

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

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 first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Students usually study for spelling tests by looking over the words and spelling them out loud. Here's a spelling game that gets the whole family involved!

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

The purpose of this science fair project is to determine whether Green Bags, with or without refrigeration, are most effective in preserving food.

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!

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

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

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

In celebration of Earth Day, help your fifth grader write a poem from the Earth to its inhabitants.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

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

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.