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

Show your child how to write a diamante poem, which makes use of a simple structure and results in a diamond-shaped poem.

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

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.

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 fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.