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!

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 child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

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

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

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

The objective of this science fair project is to determine whether drawing with the right side or the left side of your brain will produce a better picture.

Help you child create an inspirational quote board out of foam that will motivate her to produce her best work and maintain a positive attitude.

This science fair project idea raises awareness of a real ecological issue.

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

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"?

I see fun in your future! Your child will love making homemade Popsicles and creating jokes or fortunes to write on the Popsicle sticks.

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

Help your preschooler learn the Four Questions prior to the big night with a homemade book, complete with words and illustrations!

Look for correlation between pH values of commercial soaps and detergents and manufacturer claims about eye irritation hazards.

Learn about the CUPS strategy, a useful tool for editing children's writing.

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Labor Day is the perfect time to celebrate our postal workers. Have your kid write a thank you note to your local post office to show his appreciation.

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Here's a fun way for your child to exercise his writing chops...and prove a point! A great way to practice persuasive writing.

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

People have identification cards, why not pets? Make an ID card for your family pet, a fun activity that also gives your child some writing practice.

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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