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!

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

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

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"?

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.

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

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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