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

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:

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

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

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

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

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

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Work on reading fluency with your child. This fun game will even engage her concentration skills without her knowing.

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

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:

This activity is a great way to engage learners in Earth Day celebrations while cultivating skills around nonfiction comprehension and research writing.

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.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

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

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

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

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.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.

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

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square.

Let your future scribe's imagination run wild! Children have a hard time understanding fact versus fiction, and writing a tall tale can help.

Challenge your child to a word count war, and practice good note-taking skills at the same time!

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. King by making a timeline of some major events during his life and the Civil Rights Movement.