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

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

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

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

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

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

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.

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