Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

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!

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

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.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.