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

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

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!

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

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

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

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

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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

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

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

What happens after the prince and the princess get married? This writing activity allows your child to answer that question for herself.

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.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

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

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

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!

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.

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!

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

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.