Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

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

Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

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

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

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.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Help your second grader grasp the concept of verb tenses with this silly card game!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

This activity will help generate ideas for your child to write about...without the moans and groans!

Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

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.