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 your child gain reading comprehension skills, as well as listening and memory skills with this fun activity that uses his favorite book!

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.

Here's an authentic writing task that is perfect for Earth Day, or any day! In this activity, your child's pen becomes an instrument of planetary importance.

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

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

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.

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

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.

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

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

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!

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Make a story summary folder with your child to help develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

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

Teach your kindergartener or first grader about the art of correspondence by guiding them to create their own postcards out of favorite family photographs.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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:

Make a wanted poster of a villain from a favorite book or fairy tale in this fun reading comprehension activity!

Here's an wholesome arts and crafts activity for your kid: create awesome handmade apple note cards with just some paint and blank paper!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts 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 an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

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

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