Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

Teach your child measurement skills and some Mardi Gras history as you make this delectably delicious traditional treat known as King Cake.

This watercolor landscape creates the background for the adventures of Little Red Riding Hood by using spooky silhouettes for the characters.

Hop over to the craft table and make this easy bunny puppet!

Design a survival kit. Brainstorm various survival scenarios. Address basic human requirements and natural resources. Describe each tool as well uses.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Mad Libs are fun, but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story!

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

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

In this activity, help your kindergartener develop sequencing skills with these easy story sequence cards

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

This science experiment tests if dog saliva can really help heal wounds.

If your fourth grader is obsessed with all things glow-in-the-dark, then here's an activity that will really light up her imagination!

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

An ancient form of writing gets new life in an activity designed to help your child read understand what life was like for early Native Americans.

Get in the Halloween spirit with these simple, silly bat decorations!

There's nothing like a treasure hunt to get kids excited about math and sorting.

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.