Reading & writing Arts & crafts Activities

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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.

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.

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

Help your first grader build up his sight words by creating a reading pointer and having him take the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Boost those year two reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and colour...and build writing strength, too.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

Here's a writing activity that helps first graders explore an ant's perspective...and practise writing, too!

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

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

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

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practise? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

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

By using watercolor paints to practise writing letters, sentences, and maths problems, your child will practise year two skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practising writing.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

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

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

Invite your first grader to follow a African tradition by coming up with an explanatory African folktale and assembling a book to go along with it.