Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

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

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

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.

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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!

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

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

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

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.

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:

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!