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

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

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

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.

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.

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!

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

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!

First grade science often covers solids, liquids, and gases. This silly science explores serious facts about the difference between all three.

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.

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!

Practice measurement and proportion with your first grader, and in the process, make three scrumptious salads for you and your child to share on Mother's Day!

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Bring barnyard fun to a rainy day by making this simple pig nose, or make several noses and round up two of your child's friends to act out Three Little Pigs.

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

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!

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

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

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

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

Word color association is just a fancy way to talk about the way we connect colors with words.

Help your first grade reader become an expert in "sh," "ch," and "th" words with this fun, homemade game.