For a cool art project, help your child create a "Me Timeline," a unique poster that works on a key math and social studies skill: putting events in order.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Better than any store bought Father's Day card, this touching keepsake lets your child give Dad a peek into their relationship from her point of view.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

Your child can transform a triangle of felt into a colorful and motivating pennant sharing all her favorite characteristics and traits.

Children will create a "This is Me!" collage that will highlight their many gifts, talents, interests, and leadership skills.

Express the love that you share with your child this Valentine's Day by creating unique "me and you" portraits together!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

Put your individual fingerprint on the 100th Day of School (literally!) with this activity.

In this activity, your child will have an opportunity to discuss what they like about themselves, and they will design a digital or physical poster that displays their talents, what they like, and images that describe themselves.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

What's your problem? I'll show you my math if you show me yours! Critical thinking and computation skills are the focus of this strategic math card game.

This game provides your child with the opportunity to create, write, and read numbers.

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

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Make learning to read even more fun for kids by creating an accordion learning book filled with fun transportation pictures.

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:

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

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

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

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:

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.