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:

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

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.

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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!

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.

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

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

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

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