Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

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.

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:

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

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.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

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

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

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

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

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

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

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

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!

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.