Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

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

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

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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

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.

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

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

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

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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

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

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

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.

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

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

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:

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

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

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

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

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

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: