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

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

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

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

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.

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

In this parts of speech fall scavenger hunt, kids will search for all the hidden leaves, sort them into parts of speech categories, and then practice creating their own sentences using the words they find.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

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!

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Get creative with this engaging activity where kids are asked to create their own pumpkin person and tap into their creative writing skills! Include all family members by having them create their very own pumpkin people.

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

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

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

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

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! 

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

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

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

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

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

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.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

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

Try this brand name phonics activity to help your child build up his language arts skills.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.