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

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

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!

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

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

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

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

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

This reading comprehension activity teaches children reading in reverse: how would you teach an alien to use a zipper?

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Help second graders grasp their understanding of tall tales and practice writing with this activity by writing about their own family!

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

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

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

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

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Make a poster with your child about what she wants to be when she grows up, while helping her practice her writing, researching, and artistic skills.