Caption Collage
Challenge your child to find the best words to describe a picture. Kids' crafts activity using magazine cut-outs. Children matching pictures to text to create interesting or funny captions.

Sound Box
Listen closely to hear and put together all the sounds in a word.

Use Writing Prompts to Help Children Practice and Improve Writing Skills
Discusses the use of writing prompts, story starters, and other strategies to help children practice writing skills and enjoy writing more.

Build a Word: Fun Writing and Reading Practice for Your Child
See how many words your child can form with this fun, homemade reading and writing game. Kids make a word list and write letter pairs on index cards. They use the cards to spell the words on their lists.

Reading Tips And Extension Activity for the Book Hope
Use these reading discussion tips and extension activity for the book hope, to discover your child's hopes for the future. Kids draw pictures with captions that show what they want to be when they grow up.

Make A Do Not Disturb Sign for Quiet Time
Make a special sign for quiet time. Kids can use it when they're resting or doing their homework. A reading extension activity based on the book Quiet, by Paul Bright.

Write a Story and Make It Into a Moving Picture Book
Write a story and make a moving picture book in which to display it. Crafts project that lets kids practice measuring, planning, and writing.

School-Home Connection: Art and Writing
Ideas for families to help them make the connection between art and writing.

When I Grow Up: Make Your Own Calendar About Your Kid's Future
Make a calendar with lift-the-flaps that show your child's dreams for the future. A reading extension actvity based on the book when I Grow Up I Want to Be Me, by Sandra Magsamen.