Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

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

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

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

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

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

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

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

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!

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!

Counting syllables can be tough. Help your kid get some practice on Valentine's Day with this simple game.

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.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

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

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!

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Spark your kids' interest in writing by helping them write a mini-book about their favorite subject: themselves!

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

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.

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.

"Crown" dad this Father's Day—and sneak in some letter-sound practice, too.

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

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