Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

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

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

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

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

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.

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.

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.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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.

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

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

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.

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.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.