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

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

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!

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

In this activity, students will draw a picture of the things they like to listen to at home using their superpower sense of mindful listening.

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!

In this social emotional learning activity, children will learn about forgiveness by watching a short video, listening to and learning "The Forgiveness Song," and reflecting on a time they practiced forgiveness.

This homemade snare drum made with everyday household items gets its authentic rattle sound from paper clips and tin.

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

This zany guessing game asks your first grader to tap into her deductive reasoning skills to guess an activity or object.

In this activity, your child will learn and practice mindfulness by using their senses to focus on one thing at a time.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

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!

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

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Children learn about the benefits of mindfulness, teach someone else what they've learned, and create a sand timer to use during mindfulness practice.

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

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

Caring for ourselves and others can build connections and a greater sense of love. In this activity, children reflect on what it means to be caring and to show kindness to others through drawing and performing a kind act of their choosing.

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

Celebrate the new year by making a memory book with your child! You'll reinforce time and calendar concepts and you'll get to reminisce about the past year.

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!

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.