A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

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:

The alphabet is a big learning milestone for most kids. Help your child learn alphabetical order by making a food list in this fun Thanksgiving activity.

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

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.

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

Thanksgiving dinner can be filled with fun and memorable interactions between family members. This holiday, why not memorialize some of those details and events with a family poem? You can create a lasting memory in the form of a poem with contributions f

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!

Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

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