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."

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.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

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

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

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

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

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

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

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

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

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.