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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.

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

In this activity, your kid will cut rectangles, circles and triangles to create a portrait of the jolliest man of them all: Santa Claus!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and embracing a positive attitude throughout the holiday season.

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.

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

This season, your child will make his very own candy cane decoration. He can make a bunch and put them all around your home!

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Show your little poet how to create a beautiful acrostic poem for someone special this Valentine's Day.

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