This fun photography activity will build your child's vocabulary, their understanding of the world, and they'll make their own game of concentration!

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

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Turn your living room into a sophisticated café while your child and their friends explore the world of poetry with this unique and entertaining party idea.

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

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's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

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

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

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"?

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

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:

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

Teaching your child some basic words in Spanish is a breeze at home, with this simple and fun activity that doesn't require special educational materials.