Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

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:

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

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

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

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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

Try adding a splash of color to editing and revising with rainbow editing.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Is your kid indecisive about what he wants to be when he grows up? Instead of concentrating on just one dream, encourage him to explore the possibilities.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Help your third grader practice his writing skills and learn to operate household appliances like the washing machine or DVR with this Family How-to guide!

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

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

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

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!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

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

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.