Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

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

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:

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

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.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

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!

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

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.

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.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

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

Mad Libs are fun, but they're even better when your fourth grader gets to make the story!

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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

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

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

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

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how: