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.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

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.

This third grade writing activity brings home the lesson: it's not only what you write that's important, but how you write it, too.

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!

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

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.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

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.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

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!

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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