Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Dads, this activity's for you. Brighten mom's day with a set of kid-designed "mom coupons" that are sure to keep mom happily pampered for weeks.

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:

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.

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

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

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

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.

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

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.

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