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

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

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

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

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 activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

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.

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

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

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

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

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.

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

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:

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

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!

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.

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.

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

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

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.

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.

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 learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.