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

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

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.

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

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.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

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!

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

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.

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

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

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

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

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

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:

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

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

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

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

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

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!

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

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.

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

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.