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

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

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

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

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.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

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

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

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!

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

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

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.