Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

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.

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

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

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.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

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

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

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

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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

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!

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

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.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

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

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.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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

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.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

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.