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:

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!

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

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

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

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!

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

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.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

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

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

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

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

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!

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

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:

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

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!