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!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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!

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

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

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.