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

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

This activity introduces growth mindset and looking at mistakes as opportunities to learn and grow, rather than obstacles. Your child will understand the difference between seeing a mistake as a learning opportunity, rather than as a disappointment.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

In this social emotional learning activity, your child will create a goal board and practice setting one goal for an assignment or task and the steps they will need to achieve it.

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

In this activity, your child will learn about the benefits of yoga and will practice different yoga poses. Then, they will teach someone else three poses and explain how yoga can help us find calmness and ease.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

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

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

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

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

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

In this social emotional learning activity, children will learn about forgiveness by watching a short video, listening to and learning "The Forgiveness Song," and reflecting on a time they practiced forgiveness.

Make a unique painting while learning about sea life.

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.

This Earth Day, create an adorable litter bug while learning about the importance of recycling.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Help your child be a word detective as he builds excellent reading and comprehension skills on his search for clues to decipher meanings of unfamiliar words.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Turn learning fractions into a pizza party in this fun second grade math game.

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.