Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

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:

Use a digital camera and some simple drawing supplies to help your kindergartener make a personalized letter-sound book.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

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.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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

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.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

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

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

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

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

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

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.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Here's an adorable kindergarten refrigerator magnet that celebrates the glories of the letter "B" and benefits your early reader.