Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

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!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

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!

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

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

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

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

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.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

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!

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.

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 is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

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.

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

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

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

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

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

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

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