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Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Got the pre-writing blues? Try this simple five-finger technique to help your second grader develop a sequenced plan for her early compositions.

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!

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

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

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

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.

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.

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

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Give your child a chance to review his knowledge of safety and show off his writing skills at the same time by writing a safety manual to share at home.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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