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Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

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:

Here is a way to help your first grader keep track of the books she has read, and also help her develop some critical thinking skills.

Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

In this activity, you and your child will read a story about heartfulness, practice heartfulness by sending kind wishes to others, and draw pictures of those you both love and care for (such as family members, friends, or pets).

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

It's easy to turn old magazines into a fast-and-furious finding game that's both fun and educational for kids.

Here's a motivational kit that lets your emerging reader know you're with him for the whole wild ride.

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

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.

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

This children's menorah is a fun craft that lets your child celebrate Hanukkah while learning their ABCs. Make this children's menorah for the Festival of Lights.

Help your second grader embrace his "green" side by recycling empty citrus peels into fruity ice cream bowls!

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

This fun, summery arts and crafts activity is a great project to do with your child. She'll express her creativity while she revamps some old flip flops.

From wizards to fairy godmothers, a magic wand is an essential element to any magical tale. Help your child make one of her own with simple craft supplies.

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Your child will rule his kingdom in style with this regal Pharaoh's head cloth, called a "nemes."

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Make a campfire crown, complete with roasted marshmallows!

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

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

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!