In this activity, your child will learn the benefits of positive thinking. They will write positive statements about themselves and create a gratitude board.

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

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

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.