Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Ask a child if they want to practice the alphabet and you'll likely get snubbed. But ask if they'd like to play letter detective? You might hook yourself a fish.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

Collect 26 rocks and paint each one with a letter of the alphabet for your very own alphabet rock collection.

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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

Got a kid who's learning to read? Looking for a new board game to add to the bunch? With a little help from your child, you can make a game of your own!

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

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.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Practice reading and vocabulary by making sight words into a puzzle!

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

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

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

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

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

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!