Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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!

Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!

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.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

This writing activity will promote dialogue about racial segregation and its impact on African-Americans throughout history with your child.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.