Let your child step into the main character's shoes as they keep track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal.

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.

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

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.

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

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

Here's an enjoyable at-home activity that gives your child step-by-step practice identifying the important parts of an article and organizing his ideas.

In this real-world exercise about the Teal Pumpkin Project, your child will create a persuasive poster to spread the word about the project in the hopes of convincing people to offer non-food trinkets this Halloween season.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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.

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

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

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

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"?

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Communicating using the written word doesn't have to be tough! It can be as simple and fun as composing a comic strip.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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!

Here's a fun activity to show your child how to use prefixes and root words to "root out" the meaning of a word!

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

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.

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

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

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.