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

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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

Give your first grader reading and writing practice with this fun, practical postcard that will also help with spelling strategies.

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

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

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.

Here's a silly game that uses nursery rhymes to introduce a big concept in first grade reading and writing: learning about nouns and verbs.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

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

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

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.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

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!