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!

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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!

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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 a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

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

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

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

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

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

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.