This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

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.

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!

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:

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!

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

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

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

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

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.

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

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

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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.

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

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

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

These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

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

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.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

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

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

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

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.