Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

In this inspiring activity, children create and perform their very own Reader’s Theater about helping the planet!

Here's a motivational kit that lets your emerging reader know you're with him for the whole wild ride.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

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

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

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

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!

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!

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

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

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

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

Make this spring break a memorable one by creating a "growth" flower with your child, also great for your second grader's writing practice!

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!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

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

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

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

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