With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

Childhood summers are magical, full of splashy fun and relaxing afternoons. Preserving those memories should be special as well.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

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

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 is a fun at-home physical activity that encourages movement while also working on literacy or math skills!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Kids can turn a favorite fairy tale into a rebus puzzle by replacing the nouns in the story with pictures that they draw themselves.

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.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

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:

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Build your child's vocabulary and get his body moving at the same time with this fun dance map activity!

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

This fun and easy project is the perfect way to help your first grader remember who's who, practice her handwriting, and help decorate for Thanksgiving.

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

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