Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Whatever the season, celebrate greenery and growth by helping your child study some delightful spring words.

This flash card game will help your child memorize words while visually learning the differences between objects.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Help your first grade child figure out contractions and their original two words by playing this simple game, Contraction Concentration!

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

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

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Try this fun outdoor game to improve your first grader's reading skills. This activity is perfect for summer!

Silent "e" words are a big part of first grade phonics. Help them turn words like "hop" to "hope" in this action-packed, practical game.

This time-based word builder is the perfect way to boost your child's vocabulary. Mix and match letters to see how many words she can come up with!

Help your first grader practice sight words with this fun activity. Learn how to put together a puzzle while practicing common sight words.

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

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!

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

In this science fair project, young children discover what happens when two fluids that have different densities get together.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

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

Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!

First grade math includes lots of work with two-digit numbers. Here's an activity to help kids practice recognizing and sequencing numbers from 1-30.

Here's a fun activity to reinforce simple short and long vowel words for your first grader.

Challenge your budding wordsmith to see how many words he can make out of his own name, using homemade flashcards.

Make a "feeling meter" that helps your first grader read key feeling words and communicate his emotions accurately to you.

This recycled craft makes a great addition to the dress-up box and is a two-in-one activity and party favor for princess-themed birthday parties.