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.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

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.

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

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

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

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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!

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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.

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

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.

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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