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!

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.

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

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

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

This game turns prediction, a major component of third grade reading, into a fun game.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

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

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

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.

Saturn is the ringed planet in our solar system, a gas giant with rings made of ice and dust. Let's make a cool scale model with an old CD and some glitter!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

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

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

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

This fun writing activity takes a regular task - writing a story - and transforms it into a collaborative writing experience for hilarious results!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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.

The objective of this science fair project is to explore the relationship between acidic and basic compounds.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

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

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.