Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

These secret code activities are fun, and also provide fourth graders with great opportunities to practice language development and logical reasoning.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

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

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

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

Children take inspiration from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to write their own blog listicle on a topic of their choosing.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Help your fourth grader affirm her place in the family and in the march of recent history with this family album project.

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

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

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

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

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

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

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Help build vocabulary and foster your kid's creative side by having her write a poem all about dinosaurs!

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

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

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

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

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Use muffin tins to create a simple, affordable and fun game to help your child practice their vocabulary!

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: