Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

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

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

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.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

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.

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.

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

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

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

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.

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

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

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

Children learn the six parts of a plant...but do they really understand? Try this plant-themed meal plan to bring school science into the home.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

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

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

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

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

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"?

Here's a rainy day phonics craft project for you and your first grader. Reel in those double "ee" words on this do-it-yourself eel!