This alphabet hunt is pure pirate-loving fun. And it gives kids practice in learning to recognize letters and sounds-- a key skill for reading readiness.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

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

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

Is your child learning to "sound it out"? This game will help him stretch his "decoding" skills so when he runs into new words, he's ready to take them on.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

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"?

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

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

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

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

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

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

Build up those kindergarten letter-sound reading skills...and create a whimsical, practical craft at the same time.

This fun game helps to strengthen your kindergartener's speaking skills, by teaching him to answer questions with complete sentences.

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

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

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

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

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

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!

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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:

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

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

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

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