Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

There's only one word that rhymes with orange. This is bad news for poets who want to write about oranges. But what if they use word play instead?

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

This fall-themed missing letter activity is a great way to help your child learn the alphabet, build their vocabulary and bolster letter recognition skills.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Leadership is a word that can hold many meanings. In this activity, your child will define the word "leadership," learn more about a leader they admire, and reflect on their leadership. Finally, your child will reflect on how they too are a leader!

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

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

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

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

In this social emotional learning activity, you will help your child practice mindfulness of emotions, guiding them to create a word search to understand and explain feeling words.

Help your kid create a patriotic red, white, and blue flag banner! On each flag have him write a different word that describes our veterans or fallen soldiers.

A pangram is a sentence that uses all the letters in the English alphabet. In this group game kids might just learn a thing or two about word choice in writing!

Halloween bingo is a fun Halloween word and symbol activity for ghosts and ghouls of all ages. Play Halloween bingo this October to get into the spooky spirit.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

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

Create addition problems using critical thinking skills in this fun second grade math card game.

Engage your third-grader in this version of the classic game and she will get lots of practice using mental math to solve addition and subtraction problems.

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Teach your child a classic kid's game: Five Stones. All you need are five stones and a flat surface.

Kids love physical comedy, and this activity has the potential of offering up a healthy dose (while also working on balance and dexterity.)

Spice up your everyday vase with this fun craft adding colorful layers of beans to a regular vase. The beans add beauty and function, helping prop up flowers.

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!

Here's an entertaining ball game filled with spins, jumps, and claps to keep your child having fun while you get a moment to yourself.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.