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:

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

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

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!

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

Rewriting this classic Christmas carol will spark your child's creativity while strengthening his familiarity with grammar and style elements.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

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

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

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

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

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

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

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Make a tooth care poster with your kindergartener to help her understand how important it is to take care of those growing pearly whites!

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.