This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

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

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

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

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

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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 project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Here's a science experiment that gives your kids a chance to see how fire needs oxygen to burn, with a little math and writing practice thrown in.

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

Valentine's Day coupons get kids to stretch their imaginations and budgets for the holiday. Make Valentine's Day coupons for friends and family this February.

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

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

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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: