This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

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.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension 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:

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.

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.

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

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

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

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

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

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

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

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

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

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

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

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.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.