Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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

Beginning poets can be overwhelmed keeping track of rhyme and rhythm. Have your little writer try a skeltonic poem, which focuses on end rhyme.

This game will help build your child's word bank as she competes with family members for the "Word of the Day" champion title.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

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

Want to do something a little different for Dad this year? Have your child design his very own Father's Day "Greatest Hits CD" card.

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

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!

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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.

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

Combine rhymes, riddles and poetry with a terse verse! What do you call floral electricity? Flower Power!

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.

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

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

Gourd painting is a fun fall activity that makes for perfect Thanksgiving decorations. Try gourd painting with your child for some seasonal fun this autumn.

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

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.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

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

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

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

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.