A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Who are the people young readers meet in their books? This reading activity will help your first grader build important comprehension skills.

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!

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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

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

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.