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.

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

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

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.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

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

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

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

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

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

Give your kindergartener an outlet to articulate his thoughts about going to school for the first time by setting aside time to help him write in his journal.

Boost creativity and writing skills by having your child come up with his own Gourmet S'mores recipe!

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

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!

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

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

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!