Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

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

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

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

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

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!

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

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

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

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.

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

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

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

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

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

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.

This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

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

Here's a sweet gift you and your child can make together, sure to please the most finicky valentine.

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

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: