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.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

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.

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

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

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

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

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

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

Making a calendar is a great way for third graders to identify those words that are always capitalized. Here's how to get started.

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

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

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.

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

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

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.

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.

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!

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

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

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.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

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

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.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?