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.

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

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

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

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

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

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!

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.

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

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!

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!

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

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!

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

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.

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

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

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

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

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.