Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

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.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

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

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

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

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.

Science fair project idea that examines different physical characteristics of a chosen animal. Make educated guesses about evolution based on animal's form.

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

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Here's a motivational kit that lets your emerging reader know you're with him for the whole wild ride.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

Support your first grader's interest in reading with this decorative bookmark that illustrates a favorite scene from a loved book.

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

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

This is a fun way to introduce kids to the concept of volume, and give them a quick hands-on activity to boot.

In this activity, kids will create a peace corner in their bedroom or home and reflect on ways they may use their peace corner through drawing and discussion.

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

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

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.