Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

To make this unique Valentine's Card, all your child will need is his creative mind, some paper, and a pencil.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Play loteria, a Mexican board game! Help your child make this fun and festive game to help her build her vocabulary and have a blast while she's at it.

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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Make practicing addition facts more fun and teach your child some helpful strategies with this spin off of the traditional "Go Fish" game.

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!

Try this simple 2nd grade science experiment to teach your child about the principles of luminosity and light reflection.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

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

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Help your child celebrate your family's Thanksgiving cook with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a "handy" painted apron!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Fire up the grill, break out the raffia and get crafty with flowers--it's time to learn how to throw your own luau!