Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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.

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

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

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

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

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!

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

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

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.