These Thanksgiving place cards are a fun turkey-twist on traditional place markers. Make a set of these Thanksgiving place cards with your child this November.

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

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.

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.

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

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

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.

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!

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

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

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:

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!

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

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

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.

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 a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

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

Help your first grader gain new reading skills in this fun, homemade phonics game that the whole family can enjoy!

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

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!

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

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

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

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