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.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

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

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

Here's a fun activity you can do at the library to help your child learn the sequencing of numbers and letters.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

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.

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

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.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

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

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

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 grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

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

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

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.