This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

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.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

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

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Write a poem with a twist! Your child can write a poem that also has a secret sentence hidden within the words of the poem.

Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

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

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

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

To help your child turn a critical eye to his own school performance, and motivate him to take responsibility, make a progress portfolio!

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

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.