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

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

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

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.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

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

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 activity, your first grader will practice calendar skills, observe the weather and learns to read calendar words. Here's how to get started:

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

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

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

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Celebrate Labor Day with this fun activity. Show your child how to make a "career book" and explore the many jobs that people have, while practicing writing.