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

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

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

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

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

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

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

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

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

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

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

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

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

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.