You will personalize "bags of tea" with jumbles of words that can be reconfigured to form a simple sentence. Make acquainting your child with sentence structure and improving her reading skills an entertaining challenge!

Thinking about taking a road trip? Here are some simple ways to pass the time that you and your child can do together.

Help your first grader communicate his feelings with this "feeling meter" poster to hang on his bedroom door. Kids can practice reading and expressing what they feel, and hopefully further the harmony in your household!

Here's a way to get your kids involved in the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Help your first-grader improve his reading skills with this new twist on a classic game--let your first-grader create his own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga!

If your child has a favorite book, you probably know he'll want you to read it to him again and again and again. To help your first grader build memory, listening, and reading comprehension skills, use this fun activity that uses his favorite book as a starting point!

Here's a fun and tactile way to help your first grader build up crucial reading skills--create this adorable origami puppet!

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

Even in first grade, spelling can seem awfully complicated, so teaching your child some spelling strategies and patterns can really help him improve. In this activity, give your child the opportunity to get some spelling practice in while creating a wacky postcard at the same time.

In first grade, your child starts the great adventure of reading whole books. Give your child the support to build good reading habits by helping him make and illustrate a bookmark with his favorite story scene!