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Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

Invite your first grader to play this subtraction sacks game to get her actively involved in understanding and memorizing subtraction facts.

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

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Using just an egg carton and some beans or pennies, you can play this game with your first grader and see real gains in core math skills.

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.

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

This time-based word builder is the perfect way to boost your child's vocabulary. Mix and match letters to see how many words she can come up with!

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Before hitting the road this summer, arm yourself with Straight Face, a game guaranteed to turn bored frowns into happy grins and giggles.

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

Playing the Number Sentence Game with your child gives him the opportunity to practice ordering and comparing numbers using symbols.

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

How do people move pianos and heavy furniture into tall buildings? Show your kids some pulley potential with this simple household exercise!

Take the classic game to a new level, by including super fun directions inside the chalk-drawn boxes.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Here's a hands-on activity that first grade use to help kids get a feel for equations. It uses popsicle sticks to practice addition and subtraction!

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

Practice problem solving skills with your kindergarten or first grade student in this fun connect-the-dots game!

Help your first grader, second grader, or third grader boost his addition skills and math vocabulary with this fun summer game Ice Cream Addition!

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Have some fun with your first or second grader, looking for creative ways that 100 cents can make $1.00!

This fun shape game is like Twister...with a twist!