Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

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

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Using homemade felt alphabet letters and 26 colorful pictures, your preschooler will have a great time as they practice recognizing letters and their sounds.

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

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

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.

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

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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 fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Wax paper hearts are a unique and glittery gift for a special friend on Valentine's Day. Make wax paper hearts with your child this February.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

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

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

Help your kindergartener practice letter strokes while experimenting with the painting style of the great artist Mondrian.

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

Kids practice their writing composition skills as they cut and paste nutsy headlines from old newspapers and write silly articles to go with them.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

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

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!