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

Help your child make a picture of a four-leaf clover this St. Patrick's Day. It's thought that whoever finds a four-leaf clover will enjoy good luck!

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!

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

Here's a great activity to help learners satisfy their snow play cravings in a cozy indoor setting!

With a few strokes of white paint, kids can transform an old family photograph into a lovely winter scene in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

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

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.

Rhymes are all around us! Get your kid in on this game of simple rhyming words. She'll match up cards with rhyming words and pictures on them.

Make a passport suitcase and keep track of all the places you've traveled together as a family. Here's how:

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

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

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

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

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Build your kindergartener's reading comprehension by making a classic box of objects that invite them into the books you're reading together.

In this fun, magical art activity, children paint an invisible picture that is only revealed when covered with watercolors.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

This quick and simple preschool mirror activity will introduce your child to the science of reflection and light with a flashlight experiment and picture game.

In this activity, your child will learn and teach someone else five finger breathing, and they will also draw a picture of their experience.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

In this activity, students will draw a picture of the things they like to listen to at home using their superpower sense of mindful listening.

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

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!

In this activity, your child will learn how slowing down and using mindfulness can help us be more aware of others' needs. They will also draw a picture of a time when they made a healthy and helpful choice.

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

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

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

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!