The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

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

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

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

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.

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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

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

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

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

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

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

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.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

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.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!