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!

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.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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.

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!

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

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

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

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

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

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

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

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 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!

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

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

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.

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

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