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Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

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

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Spice up your first grader's spelling practice this Presidents Day by playing the Abraham Lincoln Penny Spelling game!

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide an opportunity for her to exercise her artistic abilities.

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

To make this unique Valentine's Card, all your child will need is his creative mind, some paper, and a pencil.

Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

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

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Take a closer look at your furry friend (or the furry friend of a neighbor -- with permission) to discover if communication exists between cats and humans.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

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.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

Encourage your child to practice skip counting by turning number patterns into this fun and interactive game of catch.

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

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.