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:

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.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

You've probably played the game "I Spy." It's perfect for long car rides. But with a little tweaking, the game can also help kids practice syllables.

Help your child understand that letters, put in a certain order, make words. In this fun activity they'll get to make their own puzzle, and practice letters, too!

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Want to make number skills second nature to your preschooler? Try these cheerful, "sunny" number flash cards!

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

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

This activity will give pre-readers practice building a story. And it's silly fun, too!

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

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

Rhyming helps kids better understand word structure. This silly game transforms rhymes into a mystery bag guessing game.

Play the fridge magnet name game with your preschooler to help prepare her for kindergarten reading and writing.

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Help your kid make beautiful coin rubbings to decorate a fun treasure box.

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

Lacing is a great way to practice hand-eye coordination, which helps with writing. Turn it into a fun preschool art project, by stringing up some ABCs!

This activity turns kids into word detectives - scouring their way through documents in search of their prey.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

Improve your preschooler's knowledge of the alphabet by playing games with your own homemade wooden letters!

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your children with the directional vocabulary they should master in time for kindergarten.

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.