By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Put your kid in charge of her own survey! She'll poll her relatives and friends, collect information, and then create a colorful chart to display her findings.

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

In this activity, your child will learn the benefits of positive thinking. They will write positive statements about themselves and create a gratitude board.

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Once readers know the individual sounds letters make, they need to learn how to blend them and how to break them apart. This activity will help them practice.

Preserve some precious memories this Mother's Day! Make a shoe planter out of that old pair of your child's favorite shoes.

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

This fill-in-the-blanks game is a little like Mad Libs, but for emerging writers. Get ready for some silly sentences!

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

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

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

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

Help your first grader build sight word knowledge by creating a reading pointer and taking the family on a house-wide reading tour!

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

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

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.