Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

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

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!

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

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

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

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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.

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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

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.

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

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!

Science fair project which evaluates different athletic shoes in order to find out whether any of them affect a person's ability to run.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

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:

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

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

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!