Here is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

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

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

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:

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

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:

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

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

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!

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Palindromes are a fun and silly way to practice writing skills. Challenge your child to come up with as many palindromes as she can in this crazy activity!

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

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.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

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!