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

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

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.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

In this activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

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

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:

This simple fall-themed syllable game is a great way to introduce the concept of a syllable to your young learner.

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

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.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

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.

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!

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

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

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

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

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.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!