Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

Try this kooky, spooky arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make gummy worm ice cubes!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Make a mood meter with your child to help them recognize and share their feelings.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

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

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

Before hitting the road this summer, arm yourself with Straight Face, a game guaranteed to turn bored frowns into happy grins and giggles.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Teach a lesson in the math and art with the concept of symmetry, while making a delightful cut-paper shadow pumpkin for Halloween!

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using their fingerprints!

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

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Does your child still want to play in the snow, even after he has to come inside? In this activity you'll build a snowman indoors!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

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

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:

Let your first grader get inspired by the fiery fall colors outside his window by creating a beautiful handprint tree!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Turn printed family photos into a sturdy "flash card" game to help your child learn the names and faces of near and distant relatives.