Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

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

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.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

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

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

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

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!

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

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

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

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

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!

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:

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

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.