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

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Turn a real-life hero into a folklore hero. Your child can write a tall tale that makes a Davy Crockett or John Henry out of someone they personally know.

Have your kid try his hand at mood charades. It's a great way to promote social development and hone reading comprehension skills, not to mention tons of fun!

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

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

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

Greek mythology offers up some of the most epic tales ever. This Greek mythology tree activity introduces students to some of the main characters in Greek mythology.

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

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Help your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

Make a Santa-shaped "wish card" holder for your child...and sneak in some solid practice in reading and writing, too!

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

In this activity, your students will research a favorite superhero and discuss which of their powers are real and not real. Your students will be able to complete a simple research chart and graphic organizer.

With a newspaper, highlighter, and some fun extra prizes, you can help your first grader start lifetime reading habits with print all around us.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

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

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

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

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

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

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

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!

Unleash your child's imagination by inviting them to create a tall tale set in their own hometown.

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

Have your child make a giant red poppy out of tissue paper in remembrance of the brave soldiers who served, especially those who died serving their countries.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.