Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

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

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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.

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

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

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.

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"?

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

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.

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

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

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

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

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

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.

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.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Many kids find themselves especially challenged by writing in third grade. Here's how you can help, using a technique called "storyboarding."

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.

As Mother's Day approaches, everyone's grateful! Let your third grader assemble this special book with words from the whole family.