Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Spice up your first grader's spelling practice this Presidents Day by playing the Abraham Lincoln Penny Spelling game!

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.

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

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.

Get your child excited about measuring with this fun and easy household measurements activity.

In this activity, your child will consider the meaning of "culture" and what comprises their family's culture. They will draw pictures of aspects of their family's culture, then choose an aspect of it to explore further.

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

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

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

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

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

This weather spinner will improve observation skills by encouraging children to examine and track weather details and patterns.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

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.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

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.

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

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.