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

Winter is a great time to create a textured polar bear. Not only will your child gain practice identifying shapes, they'll also work on fine motor skills.

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

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

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.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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.

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.

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.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.