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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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.

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

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"?

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.