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

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

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

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Try this patterned story activity with your kindergartener to help her build up her reading and writing skills using some of her favorite books from preschool.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

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.

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"?

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

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.

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.

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Take a nature walk in your backyard or local park to find one object for every letter of the alphabet. Then put them together in this handy nature book.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

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

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!

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

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

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.

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

Any decent Halloween celebration isn't complete without a cat. Even though this cat has an arched back to look as if it's hissing, it's still cute!

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

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