Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

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.

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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!

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

Here's a cheat sheet to help break down words in order to find their meaning.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

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

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

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

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

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!

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

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

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

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

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.

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

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.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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

This activity will have your child learning about dependent and independent clauses, not to mention the punctuation that goes in the middle.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

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

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!

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

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

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!