Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Patterns come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. As your child alters one element and then another they'll create a unique piece of artwork.

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Turn printed family photos into a sturdy "flash card" game to help your child learn the names and faces of near and distant relatives.

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Make going back to school fun with this surprising pop up book, perfect for first graders!

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

Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide an opportunity for her to exercise her artistic abilities.

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

This first grade science activity is great for winter! Your child will grow and observe her own amaryllis bulb, keeping a journal of her scientific findings.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

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

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

This children's menorah is a fun craft that lets your child celebrate Hanukkah while learning their ABCs. Make this children's menorah for the Festival of Lights.

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

Offer your child an interactive approach to understanding the different family roles and the ways in which she has impacted other members of the family.

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

This Labor Day, help your child explore various occupations by discussing the tools workers use on a daily basis at their jobs.

Celebrate the new year by making a memory book with your child! You'll reinforce time and calendar concepts and you'll get to reminisce about the past year.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

Who says a party can't be productive? Next time your home is host to a hoard of giggling children, put those creative fingers to use with a party scrapbook!